diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 96936ddf1b3c..0b90f5cf9df3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -695,10 +695,9 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
 
 	vmcb02->control.tsc_offset = vcpu->arch.tsc_offset;
 
-	if (svm->tsc_ratio_msr != kvm_caps.default_tsc_scaling_ratio) {
-		WARN_ON(!svm->tsc_scaling_enabled);
+	if (svm->tsc_scaling_enabled &&
+	    svm->tsc_ratio_msr != kvm_caps.default_tsc_scaling_ratio)
 		nested_svm_update_tsc_ratio_msr(vcpu);
-	}
 
 	vmcb02->control.int_ctl             =
 		(svm->nested.ctl.int_ctl & int_ctl_vmcb12_bits) |