diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index d987eb8af05916b684add6d84a725ba02b40e336..ad93b40bfdc0931bd64134bd809abc11baa0f262 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -2789,6 +2789,8 @@ static void __disable_ibs_on_all_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 static void __enable_ibs_on_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	if (!sclp.has_ibs)
+		return;
 	kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_DISABLE_IBS, vcpu);
 	kvm_s390_sync_request(KVM_REQ_ENABLE_IBS, vcpu);
 }