diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/debug-sr.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/debug-sr.c
index 321c9c05dd9e..f4363d40e2cd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/debug-sr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/debug-sr.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ static void __hyp_text __debug_save_spe_nvhe(u64 *pmscr_el1)
 {
 	u64 reg;
 
+	/* Clear pmscr in case of early return */
+	*pmscr_el1 = 0;
+
 	/* SPE present on this CPU? */
 	if (!cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(read_sysreg(id_aa64dfr0_el1),
 						  ID_AA64DFR0_PMSVER_SHIFT))