diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
index 1ff93878c813..290a1fa7cacf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
@@ -697,6 +697,12 @@
 #define ID_AA64DFR0_TRACEVER_SHIFT	4
 #define ID_AA64DFR0_DEBUGVER_SHIFT	0
 
+#define ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_8_1		0x4
+
+#define ID_DFR0_PERFMON_SHIFT		24
+
+#define ID_DFR0_PERFMON_8_1		0x4
+
 #define ID_ISAR5_RDM_SHIFT		24
 #define ID_ISAR5_CRC32_SHIFT		16
 #define ID_ISAR5_SHA2_SHIFT		12
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index a25f737dfa0b..5aae2f9f0ac8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -1089,6 +1089,16 @@ static u64 read_id_reg(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 			 (0xfUL << ID_AA64ISAR1_API_SHIFT) |
 			 (0xfUL << ID_AA64ISAR1_GPA_SHIFT) |
 			 (0xfUL << ID_AA64ISAR1_GPI_SHIFT));
+	} else if (id == SYS_ID_AA64DFR0_EL1) {
+		/* Limit guests to PMUv3 for ARMv8.1 */
+		val = cpuid_feature_cap_perfmon_field(val,
+						ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_SHIFT,
+						ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_8_1);
+	} else if (id == SYS_ID_DFR0_EL1) {
+		/* Limit guests to PMUv3 for ARMv8.1 */
+		val = cpuid_feature_cap_perfmon_field(val,
+						ID_DFR0_PERFMON_SHIFT,
+						ID_DFR0_PERFMON_8_1);
 	}
 
 	return val;