diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
index b5159ce4592dc3..2d9929bbc2c8b4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
@@ -229,8 +229,9 @@ static int kvm_pmu_validate_counter_mask(struct kvm_pmu *kvpmu, unsigned long ct
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(struct kvm_pmc *pmc, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
-				     unsigned long flags, unsigned long eidx, unsigned long evtdata)
+static long kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(struct kvm_pmc *pmc, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
+				      unsigned long flags, unsigned long eidx,
+				      unsigned long evtdata)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event;
 
@@ -454,7 +455,8 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_ctr_cfg_match(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long ctr_ba
 				     unsigned long eidx, u64 evtdata,
 				     struct kvm_vcpu_sbi_return *retdata)
 {
-	int ctr_idx, ret, sbiret = 0;
+	int ctr_idx, sbiret = 0;
+	long ret;
 	bool is_fevent;
 	unsigned long event_code;
 	u32 etype = kvm_pmu_get_perf_event_type(eidx);
@@ -513,8 +515,10 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_ctr_cfg_match(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long ctr_ba
 			kvpmu->fw_event[event_code].started = true;
 	} else {
 		ret = kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(pmc, &attr, flags, eidx, evtdata);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+		if (ret) {
+			sbiret = SBI_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	set_bit(ctr_idx, kvpmu->pmc_in_use);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_sbi_pmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_sbi_pmu.c
index 7eca72df2cbd61..e1633606c98b4a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_sbi_pmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_sbi_pmu.c
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ static int kvm_sbi_ext_pmu_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run,
 #endif
 		/*
 		 * This can fail if perf core framework fails to create an event.
-		 * Forward the error to userspace because it's an error which
-		 * happened within the host kernel. The other option would be
-		 * to convert to an SBI error and forward to the guest.
+		 * No need to forward the error to userspace and exit the guest.
+		 * The operation can continue without profiling. Forward the
+		 * appropriate SBI error to the guest.
 		 */
 		ret = kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_ctr_cfg_match(vcpu, cp->a0, cp->a1,
 						       cp->a2, cp->a3, temp, retdata);