diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index c93070829790..4d61e2239c54 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -179,9 +179,11 @@ module_param(ple_window_shrink, uint, 0444);
 static unsigned int ple_window_max        = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_MAX;
 module_param(ple_window_max, uint, 0444);
 
-/* Default is SYSTEM mode, 1 for host-guest mode */
+/* Default is SYSTEM mode, 1 for host-guest mode (which is BROKEN) */
 int __read_mostly pt_mode = PT_MODE_SYSTEM;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BROKEN
 module_param(pt_mode, int, S_IRUGO);
+#endif
 
 static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_should_flush);
 static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_flush_cond);