diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 2e070d3baf9f..bb0e41b3154e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -841,13 +841,16 @@ static bool access_cntp_tval(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		struct sys_reg_params *p,
 		const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
 {
-	struct arch_timer_context *ptimer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
 	u64 now = kvm_phys_timer_read();
+	u64 cval;
 
-	if (p->is_write)
-		ptimer->cnt_cval = p->regval + now;
-	else
-		p->regval = ptimer->cnt_cval - now;
+	if (p->is_write) {
+		kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(vcpu, KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CVAL,
+				      p->regval + now);
+	} else {
+		cval = kvm_arm_timer_get_reg(vcpu, KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CVAL);
+		p->regval = cval - now;
+	}
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -856,24 +859,10 @@ static bool access_cntp_ctl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		struct sys_reg_params *p,
 		const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
 {
-	struct arch_timer_context *ptimer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
-
-	if (p->is_write) {
-		/* ISTATUS bit is read-only */
-		ptimer->cnt_ctl = p->regval & ~ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_IT_STAT;
-	} else {
-		u64 now = kvm_phys_timer_read();
-
-		p->regval = ptimer->cnt_ctl;
-		/*
-		 * Set ISTATUS bit if it's expired.
-		 * Note that according to ARMv8 ARM Issue A.k, ISTATUS bit is
-		 * UNKNOWN when ENABLE bit is 0, so we chose to set ISTATUS bit
-		 * regardless of ENABLE bit for our implementation convenience.
-		 */
-		if (ptimer->cnt_cval <= now)
-			p->regval |= ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_IT_STAT;
-	}
+	if (p->is_write)
+		kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(vcpu, KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CTL, p->regval);
+	else
+		p->regval = kvm_arm_timer_get_reg(vcpu, KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CTL);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -882,12 +871,10 @@ static bool access_cntp_cval(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		struct sys_reg_params *p,
 		const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
 {
-	struct arch_timer_context *ptimer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
-
 	if (p->is_write)
-		ptimer->cnt_cval = p->regval;
+		kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(vcpu, KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CVAL, p->regval);
 	else
-		p->regval = ptimer->cnt_cval;
+		p->regval = kvm_arm_timer_get_reg(vcpu, KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CVAL);
 
 	return true;
 }