diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
index 30b5e48aa76b84375fc408ce866305980d2eda22..572900398def0a7bcda281aa572ebe2cb6f05cc2 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