diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index 62310122ee78..743ca5cb05ef 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -285,9 +285,11 @@ int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = vgic_v4_init(kvm);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+	if (vgic_has_its(kvm)) {
+		ret = vgic_v4_init(kvm);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
 		kvm_vgic_vcpu_enable(vcpu);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v4.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
index 4a37292855bc..bc4265154bac 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int vgic_v4_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	int i, nr_vcpus, ret;
 
-	if (!vgic_supports_direct_msis(kvm))
+	if (!kvm_vgic_global_state.has_gicv4)
 		return 0; /* Nothing to see here... move along. */
 
 	if (dist->its_vm.vpes)