if (attr->exclude_idle)
                return -EPERM;
-       if (is_kernel_in_hyp_mode() &&
-           attr->exclude_kernel != attr->exclude_hv)
-               return -EINVAL;
+
+       /*
+        * If we're running in hyp mode, then we *are* the hypervisor.
+        * Therefore we ignore exclude_hv in this configuration, since
+        * there's no hypervisor to sample anyway. This is consistent
+        * with other architectures (x86 and Power).
+        */
+       if (is_kernel_in_hyp_mode()) {
+               if (!attr->exclude_kernel)
+                       config_base |= ARMV8_PMU_INCLUDE_EL2;
+       } else {
+               if (attr->exclude_kernel)
+                       config_base |= ARMV8_PMU_EXCLUDE_EL1;
+               if (!attr->exclude_hv)
+                       config_base |= ARMV8_PMU_INCLUDE_EL2;
+       }
        if (attr->exclude_user)
                config_base |= ARMV8_PMU_EXCLUDE_EL0;
-       if (!is_kernel_in_hyp_mode() && attr->exclude_kernel)
-               config_base |= ARMV8_PMU_EXCLUDE_EL1;
-       if (!attr->exclude_hv)
-               config_base |= ARMV8_PMU_INCLUDE_EL2;
 
        /*
         * Install the filter into config_base as this is used to