diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index d9d71bb9140442a73348fddf9595dc3c28f822b3..539d3857a59a05ccc96aab58dacd34402cb4d035 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
 	struct sie_page *sie_page;
 	int rc = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!sca_can_add_vcpu(kvm, id))
+	if (!kvm_is_ucontrol(kvm) && !sca_can_add_vcpu(kvm, id))
 		goto out;
 
 	rc = -ENOMEM;