diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 398f6df1bbe4..4ad66a532e38 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -850,8 +850,6 @@ int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_enable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		   return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	kvm_pmu_vcpu_reset(vcpu);
-
 	return 0;
 }