1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
index 30b5e48aa76b..572900398def 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
@@ -346,7 +346,9 @@ static int setup_p6_watchdog(unsigned nmi_hz)
         perfctr_msr = MSR_P6_PERFCTR0;
         evntsel_msr = MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0;
 
-        wrmsrl(perfctr_msr, 0UL);
+        /* KVM doesn't implement this MSR */
+        if (wrmsr_safe(perfctr_msr, 0, 0) < 0)
+                return 0;
 
         evntsel = P6_EVNTSEL_INT
                 | P6_EVNTSEL_OS