diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index ec8b68e97d3c..f579bf5c2620 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_enable_cap *cap)
 	case KVM_CAP_S390_GS:
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-		if (atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)) {
+		if (kvm->created_vcpus) {
 			r = -EBUSY;
 		} else if (test_facility(133)) {
 			set_kvm_facility(kvm->arch.model.fac_mask, 133);
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static int kvm_s390_set_processor_feat(struct kvm *kvm,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-	if (!atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)) {
+	if (!kvm->created_vcpus) {
 		bitmap_copy(kvm->arch.cpu_feat, (unsigned long *) data.feat,
 			    KVM_S390_VM_CPU_FEAT_NR_BITS);
 		ret = 0;