diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 096c975e099fee9ed2578b9ca4d9f77d9ef56006..f1f71823f6828b5cd88640a6d6144bbb3a63e066 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_USR			(1ULL << 16)
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_OS			(1ULL << 17)
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EDGE			(1ULL << 18)
+#define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_PIN_CONTROL		(1ULL << 19)
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_INT			(1ULL << 20)
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ANY			(1ULL << 21)
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE			(1ULL << 22)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index 3e48c1d3edcdebea6578de7f90df8a60fd6fc5e5..6af9a542e541543088572201a8262242e08b71e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ static void reprogram_gp_counter(struct kvm_pmc *pmc, u64 eventsel)
 	unsigned config, type = PERF_TYPE_RAW;
 	u8 event_select, unit_mask;
 
+	if (eventsel & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_PIN_CONTROL)
+		printk_once("kvm pmu: pin control bit is ignored\n");
+
 	pmc->eventsel = eventsel;
 
 	stop_counter(pmc);