diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 8ad62284fa23..3855cc9d0ca5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ static u64 kvm_pmu_overflow_status(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	if ((kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E)) {
 		reg = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMOVSSET_EL0);
-		reg &= __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCNTENSET_EL0);
 		reg &= __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMINTENSET_EL1);
 	}