diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
index 6e45608b2399..9da6ce22803f 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct arch_timer_cpu {
 	bool			enabled;
 };
 
-int kvm_timer_hyp_init(void);
+int kvm_timer_hyp_init(bool);
 int kvm_timer_enable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 int kvm_timer_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_timer_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
index f9555b1e7f15..aa9adfafe12b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static int kvm_timer_dying_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int kvm_timer_hyp_init(void)
+int kvm_timer_hyp_init(bool has_gic)
 {
 	struct arch_timer_kvm_info *info;
 	int err;
@@ -756,10 +756,13 @@ int kvm_timer_hyp_init(void)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	err = irq_set_vcpu_affinity(host_vtimer_irq, kvm_get_running_vcpus());
-	if (err) {
-		kvm_err("kvm_arch_timer: error setting vcpu affinity\n");
-		goto out_free_irq;
+	if (has_gic) {
+		err = irq_set_vcpu_affinity(host_vtimer_irq,
+					    kvm_get_running_vcpus());
+		if (err) {
+			kvm_err("kvm_arch_timer: error setting vcpu affinity\n");
+			goto out_free_irq;
+		}
 	}
 
 	kvm_info("virtual timer IRQ%d\n", host_vtimer_irq);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
index 6b60c98a6e22..2e43f9d42bd5 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ static int init_subsystems(void)
 	/*
 	 * Init HYP architected timer support
 	 */
-	err = kvm_timer_hyp_init();
+	err = kvm_timer_hyp_init(vgic_present);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;