diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 104672a0c5a2..62349b670cf9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -856,6 +856,8 @@ static u64 compute_pmceid0(struct arm_pmu *pmu)
 {
 	u64 val = __compute_pmceid(pmu, 0);
 
+	/* always support SW_INCR */
+	val |= BIT(ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_SW_INCR);
 	/* always support CHAIN */
 	val |= BIT(ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CHAIN);
 	return val;