diff --git a/target-arm/cpu.c b/target-arm/cpu.c
index 0e582c4410..7ddbf3d19b 100644
--- a/target-arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target-arm/cpu.c
@@ -650,6 +650,15 @@ static void arm_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         cpu->id_aa64pfr0 &= ~0xf000;
     }
 
+    if (!arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_EL2)) {
+        /* Disable the hypervisor feature bits in the processor feature
+         * registers if we don't have EL2. These are id_pfr1[15:12] and
+         * id_aa64pfr0_el1[11:8].
+         */
+        cpu->id_aa64pfr0 &= ~0xf00;
+        cpu->id_pfr1 &= ~0xf000;
+    }
+
     if (!cpu->has_mpu) {
         unset_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_MPU);
     }