diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 918d75f77be79fd0493702308ffd88d5817d13c5..16c73022306ebcde1c92a208cfa460dea0fc47f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 
 msr_fail:
 	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
-	printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val_new);
+	printk(boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR
+	       "Failed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val_new);
 
 	return false;
 }