diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 9fabfe71fd87..b7c3a9874a93 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ static void intel_pmu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		pmu->fixed_counters[i].current_config = 0;
 	}
 
-	vcpu->arch.perf_capabilities = kvm_caps.supported_perf_cap;
 	lbr_desc->records.nr = 0;
 	lbr_desc->event = NULL;
 	lbr_desc->msr_passthrough = false;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index ecea83f0da49..6ce7c80180d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -11893,6 +11893,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.pat = MSR_IA32_CR_PAT_DEFAULT;
 
 	kvm_async_pf_hash_reset(vcpu);
+
+	vcpu->arch.perf_capabilities = kvm_caps.supported_perf_cap;
 	kvm_pmu_init(vcpu);
 
 	vcpu->arch.pending_external_vector = -1;