diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index c397b28e3d1b68..a593b03c9aed67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -775,8 +775,20 @@ void kvm_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	pmu->pebs_data_cfg_mask = ~0ull;
 	bitmap_zero(pmu->all_valid_pmc_idx, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX);
 
-	if (vcpu->kvm->arch.enable_pmu)
-		static_call(kvm_x86_pmu_refresh)(vcpu);
+	if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.enable_pmu)
+		return;
+
+	static_call(kvm_x86_pmu_refresh)(vcpu);
+
+	/*
+	 * At RESET, both Intel and AMD CPUs set all enable bits for general
+	 * purpose counters in IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL (so that software that
+	 * was written for v1 PMUs don't unknowingly leave GP counters disabled
+	 * in the global controls).  Emulate that behavior when refreshing the
+	 * PMU so that userspace doesn't need to manually set PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL.
+	 */
+	if (kvm_pmu_has_perf_global_ctrl(pmu) && pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters)
+		pmu->global_ctrl = GENMASK_ULL(pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters - 1, 0);
 }
 
 void kvm_pmu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)