diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 2031703424ea14aea8cc00fab4965ef994f1fee6..bfcf36c758c22c349a50ebfddb71509b6f831266 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@ static int arm64_check_features(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	u64 writable_mask = rd->val;
 	u64 limit = rd->reset(vcpu, rd);
 	u64 mask = 0;
+	u32 midr = read_cpuid_id();
 
 	/*
 	 * Hidden and unallocated ID registers may not have a corresponding
@@ -1276,8 +1277,11 @@ static int arm64_check_features(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		u64 ftr_mask;
 
 		ftr_mask = arm64_ftr_mask(ftrp);
-		if ((ftr_mask & writable_mask) != ftr_mask)
-			continue;
+
+		if (MIDR_IMPLEMENTOR(midr) != ARM_CPU_IMP_PHYTIUM) {
+			if ((ftr_mask & writable_mask) != ftr_mask)
+				continue;
+		}
 
 		f_val = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, val);
 		f_lim = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, limit);