diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
index efdc7f6db6cd..f77643f4274c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <kvm/arm_pmu.h>
 #include <kvm/arm_vgic.h>
 
+static void kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx);
 /**
  * kvm_pmu_get_counter_value - get PMU counter value
  * @vcpu: The vcpu pointer
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ void kvm_pmu_set_counter_value(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx, u64 val)
 	reg = (select_idx == ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX)
 	      ? PMCCNTR_EL0 : PMEVCNTR0_EL0 + select_idx;
 	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg) += (s64)val - kvm_pmu_get_counter_value(vcpu, select_idx);
+
+	/* Recreate the perf event to reflect the updated sample_period */
+	kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(vcpu, select_idx);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -367,23 +371,21 @@ static bool kvm_pmu_counter_is_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx)
 }
 
 /**
- * kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type - set selected counter to monitor some event
+ * kvm_pmu_create_perf_event - create a perf event for a counter
  * @vcpu: The vcpu pointer
- * @data: The data guest writes to PMXEVTYPER_EL0
  * @select_idx: The number of selected counter
- *
- * When OS accesses PMXEVTYPER_EL0, that means it wants to set a PMC to count an
- * event with given hardware event number. Here we call perf_event API to
- * emulate this action and create a kernel perf event for it.
  */
-void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data,
-				    u64 select_idx)
+static void kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx)
 {
 	struct kvm_pmu *pmu = &vcpu->arch.pmu;
 	struct kvm_pmc *pmc = &pmu->pmc[select_idx];
 	struct perf_event *event;
 	struct perf_event_attr attr;
-	u64 eventsel, counter;
+	u64 eventsel, counter, reg, data;
+
+	reg = (select_idx == ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX)
+	      ? PMCCFILTR_EL0 : PMEVTYPER0_EL0 + select_idx;
+	data = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg);
 
 	kvm_pmu_stop_counter(vcpu, pmc);
 	eventsel = data & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT;
@@ -420,6 +422,28 @@ void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data,
 	pmc->perf_event = event;
 }
 
+/**
+ * kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type - set selected counter to monitor some event
+ * @vcpu: The vcpu pointer
+ * @data: The data guest writes to PMXEVTYPER_EL0
+ * @select_idx: The number of selected counter
+ *
+ * When OS accesses PMXEVTYPER_EL0, that means it wants to set a PMC to count an
+ * event with given hardware event number. Here we call perf_event API to
+ * emulate this action and create a kernel perf event for it.
+ */
+void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data,
+				    u64 select_idx)
+{
+	u64 reg, event_type = data & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_MASK;
+
+	reg = (select_idx == ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX)
+	      ? PMCCFILTR_EL0 : PMEVTYPER0_EL0 + select_idx;
+
+	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg) = event_type;
+	kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(vcpu, select_idx);
+}
+
 bool kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3(void)
 {
 	/*