diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4146d01319d0b8238f85733995a9352d8f222261..7d2c2ac3cb8a8f2da134f784b1935c726b1ee012 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(kvm_count_lock);
 LIST_HEAD(vm_list);
 
 static cpumask_var_t cpus_hardware_enabled;
-static int kvm_usage_count = 0;
+static int kvm_usage_count;
 static atomic_t hardware_enable_failed;
 
 struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;