diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index d9651faabe6833df959910cbf44baa9535591554..447edc0d1d5a68f7bc3c82f8d9c969cc58e73b6a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3065,9 +3065,9 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 			/* Values other than LBR and BTF are vendor-specific,
 			   thus reserved and should throw a #GP */
 			return 1;
-		}
-		vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "%s: MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR 0x%llx, nop\n",
-			    __func__, data);
+		} else if (report_ignored_msrs)
+			vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "%s: MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR 0x%llx, nop\n",
+				    __func__, data);
 		break;
 	case 0x200 ... 0x2ff:
 		return kvm_mtrr_set_msr(vcpu, msr, data);