diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 3e3a71594e63..4fd04b3a058b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ static bool indep_threads_mode = true;
 module_param(indep_threads_mode, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(indep_threads_mode, "Independent-threads mode (only on POWER9)");
 
+static bool one_vm_per_core;
+module_param(one_vm_per_core, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(one_vm_per_core, "Only run vCPUs from the same VM on a core (requires indep_threads_mode=N)");
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XICS
 static struct kernel_param_ops module_param_ops = {
 	.set = param_set_int,
@@ -2493,6 +2497,10 @@ static bool can_dynamic_split(struct kvmppc_vcore *vc, struct core_info *cip)
 	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
 		return false;
 
+	/* In one_vm_per_core mode, require all vcores to be from the same vm */
+	if (one_vm_per_core && vc->kvm != cip->vc[0]->kvm)
+		return false;
+
 	/* Some POWER9 chips require all threads to be in the same MMU mode */
 	if (no_mixing_hpt_and_radix &&
 	    kvm_is_radix(vc->kvm) != kvm_is_radix(cip->vc[0]->kvm))