diff --git a/hw/ppc.c b/hw/ppc.c
index 1873328..9157719 100644
--- a/hw/ppc.c
+++ b/hw/ppc.c
@@ -452,6 +452,10 @@
     ppc_tb_t *tb_env = env->tb_env;
     uint64_t tb;
 
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
+        return env->spr[SPR_TBL];
+    }
+
     tb = cpu_ppc_get_tb(tb_env, qemu_get_clock_ns(vm_clock), tb_env->tb_offset);
     LOG_TB("%s: tb %016" PRIx64 "\n", __func__, tb);
 
@@ -471,6 +475,10 @@
 
 uint32_t cpu_ppc_load_tbu (CPUState *env)
 {
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
+        return env->spr[SPR_TBU];
+    }
+
     return _cpu_ppc_load_tbu(env);
 }
 
@@ -616,6 +624,10 @@
 {
     ppc_tb_t *tb_env = env->tb_env;
 
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
+        return env->spr[SPR_DECR];
+    }
+
     return _cpu_ppc_load_decr(env, tb_env->decr_next);
 }