const bool counter_needed = BIC_IS_ENABLED(cai->bic) ||
                            (soft_c1 && (cai->flags & CSTATE_COUNTER_FLAG_SOFT_C1_DEPENDENCY));
-                       const bool counter_supported =
-                           (platform->supported_cstates & cai->feature_mask) &&
-                           (pkg_cstate_limit >= cai->pkg_cstate_limit);
+                       const bool counter_supported = (platform->supported_cstates & cai->feature_mask);
 
                        if (counter_needed && counter_supported) {
                                /* Use perf API for this counter */
                                        cci->source[cai->rci_index] = CSTATE_SOURCE_PERF;
 
                                        /* User MSR for this counter */
-                               } else if (!no_msr && cai->msr && probe_msr(cpu, cai->msr) == 0) {
+                               } else if (!no_msr && cai->msr && pkg_cstate_limit >= cai->pkg_cstate_limit
+                                          && probe_msr(cpu, cai->msr) == 0) {
                                        cci->source[cai->rci_index] = CSTATE_SOURCE_MSR;
                                        cci->msr[cai->rci_index] = cai->msr;
                                }