diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 8213f7fb71a7bfa2f4fad0e72bf7b5430c9e9037..61bc54748f221a57156351c68db4ed42357223b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8666,6 +8666,13 @@ static int kvm_pv_clock_pairing(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t paddr,
 	if (clock_type != KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK)
 		return -KVM_EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	/*
+	 * When tsc is in permanent catchup mode guests won't be able to use
+	 * pvclock_read_retry loop to get consistent view of pvclock
+	 */
+	if (vcpu->arch.tsc_always_catchup)
+		return -KVM_EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (!kvm_get_walltime_and_clockread(&ts, &cycle))
 		return -KVM_EOPNOTSUPP;