diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 739be5da3bca..647bff490c0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -745,33 +745,23 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
 	case 9:
 		break;
 	case 0xa: { /* Architectural Performance Monitoring */
-		struct x86_pmu_capability cap;
 		union cpuid10_eax eax;
 		union cpuid10_edx edx;
 
-		perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&cap);
+		eax.split.version_id = kvm_pmu_cap.version;
+		eax.split.num_counters = kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp;
+		eax.split.bit_width = kvm_pmu_cap.bit_width_gp;
+		eax.split.mask_length = kvm_pmu_cap.events_mask_len;
+		edx.split.num_counters_fixed = kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed;
+		edx.split.bit_width_fixed = kvm_pmu_cap.bit_width_fixed;
 
-		/*
-		 * Only support guest architectural pmu on a host
-		 * with architectural pmu.
-		 */
-		if (!cap.version)
-			memset(&cap, 0, sizeof(cap));
-
-		eax.split.version_id = min(cap.version, 2);
-		eax.split.num_counters = cap.num_counters_gp;
-		eax.split.bit_width = cap.bit_width_gp;
-		eax.split.mask_length = cap.events_mask_len;
-
-		edx.split.num_counters_fixed = min(cap.num_counters_fixed, MAX_FIXED_COUNTERS);
-		edx.split.bit_width_fixed = cap.bit_width_fixed;
-		if (cap.version)
+		if (kvm_pmu_cap.version)
 			edx.split.anythread_deprecated = 1;
 		edx.split.reserved1 = 0;
 		edx.split.reserved2 = 0;
 
 		entry->eax = eax.full;
-		entry->ebx = cap.events_mask;
+		entry->ebx = kvm_pmu_cap.events_mask;
 		entry->ecx = 0;
 		entry->edx = edx.full;
 		break;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index d957c1e83ec9..ec10a635b057 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include "lapic.h"
 #include "pmu.h"
 
+struct x86_pmu_capability __read_mostly kvm_pmu_cap;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_pmu_cap);
+
 /* This is enough to filter the vast majority of currently defined events. */
 #define KVM_PMU_EVENT_FILTER_MAX_EVENTS 300
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
index 5795bb113e76..1903c0fe01ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
@@ -160,6 +160,24 @@ static inline bool pmc_speculative_in_use(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
 	return pmc->eventsel & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE;
 }
 
+extern struct x86_pmu_capability kvm_pmu_cap;
+
+static inline void kvm_init_pmu_capability(void)
+{
+	perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&kvm_pmu_cap);
+
+	/*
+	 * Only support guest architectural pmu on
+	 * a host with architectural pmu.
+	 */
+	if (!kvm_pmu_cap.version)
+		memset(&kvm_pmu_cap, 0, sizeof(kvm_pmu_cap));
+
+	kvm_pmu_cap.version = min(kvm_pmu_cap.version, 2);
+	kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed = min(kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed,
+					     MAX_FIXED_COUNTERS);
+}
+
 void reprogram_gp_counter(struct kvm_pmc *pmc, u64 eventsel);
 void reprogram_fixed_counter(struct kvm_pmc *pmc, u8 ctrl, int fixed_idx);
 void reprogram_counter(struct kvm_pmu *pmu, int pmc_idx);
@@ -177,9 +195,11 @@ void kvm_pmu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_pmu_cleanup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_pmu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pmu_event_filter(struct kvm *kvm, void __user *argp);
+void kvm_init_pmu_capability(void);
 
 bool is_vmware_backdoor_pmc(u32 pmc_idx);
 
 extern struct kvm_pmu_ops intel_pmu_ops;
 extern struct kvm_pmu_ops amd_pmu_ops;
+
 #endif /* __KVM_X86_PMU_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index afdc9796fe4e..05bc218c08df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -504,8 +504,6 @@ static void intel_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
 	struct lbr_desc *lbr_desc = vcpu_to_lbr_desc(vcpu);
-
-	struct x86_pmu_capability x86_pmu;
 	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry;
 	union cpuid10_eax eax;
 	union cpuid10_edx edx;
@@ -532,13 +530,14 @@ static void intel_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return;
 
 	vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr |= MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON;
-	perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&x86_pmu);
 
 	pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = min_t(int, eax.split.num_counters,
-					 x86_pmu.num_counters_gp);
-	eax.split.bit_width = min_t(int, eax.split.bit_width, x86_pmu.bit_width_gp);
+					 kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp);
+	eax.split.bit_width = min_t(int, eax.split.bit_width,
+				    kvm_pmu_cap.bit_width_gp);
 	pmu->counter_bitmask[KVM_PMC_GP] = ((u64)1 << eax.split.bit_width) - 1;
-	eax.split.mask_length = min_t(int, eax.split.mask_length, x86_pmu.events_mask_len);
+	eax.split.mask_length = min_t(int, eax.split.mask_length,
+				      kvm_pmu_cap.events_mask_len);
 	pmu->available_event_types = ~entry->ebx &
 					((1ull << eax.split.mask_length) - 1);
 
@@ -547,9 +546,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	} else {
 		pmu->nr_arch_fixed_counters =
 			min_t(int, edx.split.num_counters_fixed,
-			      x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed);
-		edx.split.bit_width_fixed = min_t(int,
-			edx.split.bit_width_fixed, x86_pmu.bit_width_fixed);
+			      kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed);
+		edx.split.bit_width_fixed = min_t(int, edx.split.bit_width_fixed,
+						  kvm_pmu_cap.bit_width_fixed);
 		pmu->counter_bitmask[KVM_PMC_FIXED] =
 			((u64)1 << edx.split.bit_width_fixed) - 1;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 78014b9d5340..6a63e7526a1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6175,15 +6175,12 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 
 static void kvm_init_msr_list(void)
 {
-	struct x86_pmu_capability x86_pmu;
 	u32 dummy[2];
 	unsigned i;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(INTEL_PMC_MAX_FIXED != 4,
 			 "Please update the fixed PMCs in msrs_to_saved_all[]");
 
-	perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&x86_pmu);
-
 	num_msrs_to_save = 0;
 	num_emulated_msrs = 0;
 	num_msr_based_features = 0;
@@ -6235,12 +6232,12 @@ static void kvm_init_msr_list(void)
 			break;
 		case MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0 ... MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0 + 17:
 			if (msrs_to_save_all[i] - MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0 >=
-			    min(INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, x86_pmu.num_counters_gp))
+			    min(INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp))
 				continue;
 			break;
 		case MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 ... MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 + 17:
 			if (msrs_to_save_all[i] - MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 >=
-			    min(INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, x86_pmu.num_counters_gp))
+			    min(INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp))
 				continue;
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -11008,6 +11005,8 @@ int kvm_arch_hardware_setup(void *opaque)
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES))
 		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_XSS, host_xss);
 
+	kvm_init_pmu_capability();
+
 	r = ops->hardware_setup();
 	if (r != 0)
 		return r;
