diff --git a/target/arm/kvm64.c b/target/arm/kvm64.c
index 7614194998db0fa87cbcd3b51297f521585f010c..2a54318391f6f46397f4ed0321b5f19ed64e1b51 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm64.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm64.c
@@ -908,6 +908,10 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
+
+    if (cpu->kvm_rme) {
+        return 0;
+    }
     /* overwrite writable ID regs with their updated property values */
     kvm_arm_writable_idregs_to_cpreg_list(cpu);