diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 35e9cccdeef9..a72920f4f221 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -641,9 +641,9 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
 		 * implementations just count online CPUs.
 		 */
 		if (hv_enabled)
-			r = num_present_cpus();
+			r = min_t(unsigned int, num_present_cpus(), KVM_MAX_VCPUS);
 		else
-			r = num_online_cpus();
+			r = min_t(unsigned int, num_online_cpus(), KVM_MAX_VCPUS);
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS:
 		r = KVM_MAX_VCPUS;