diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index f73f11b55042..5bf0f9aa4626 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -863,7 +863,11 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_hw_af(void)
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_HW_AFDBM))
 		return false;
 
-	mmfr1 = read_cpuid(ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1);
+	/*
+	 * Use cached version to avoid emulated msr operation on KVM
+	 * guests.
+	 */
+	mmfr1 = read_sanitised_ftr_reg(SYS_ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1);
 	return cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(mmfr1,
 						ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1_HAFDBS_SHIFT);
 }