diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 34a3a17bb6d7..fd21cdb10b79 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -260,13 +260,12 @@ static int intel_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		break;
 	default:
 		if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0))) {
-			if (msr_info->host_initiated)
-				pmc->counter = data;
-			else
-				pmc->counter = (s32)data;
+			if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
+				data = (s64)(s32)data;
+			pmc->counter += data - pmc_read_counter(pmc);
 			return 0;
 		} else if ((pmc = get_fixed_pmc(pmu, msr))) {
-			pmc->counter = data;
+			pmc->counter += data - pmc_read_counter(pmc);
 			return 0;
 		} else if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0))) {
 			if (data == pmc->eventsel)