/* enable active counters */
        for (i = 0; i < NUM_COUNTERS; ++i) {
                int virt = op_x86_phys_to_virt(i);
-               if (!counter_config[virt].enabled)
+               if (!reset_value[virt])
                        continue;
                rdmsrl(msrs->controls[i].addr, val);
                val &= model->reserved;
 
        /* setup reset_value */
        for (i = 0; i < NUM_VIRT_COUNTERS; ++i) {
-               if (counter_config[i].enabled)
+               if (counter_config[i].enabled
+                   && msrs->counters[op_x86_virt_to_phys(i)].addr)
                        reset_value[i] = counter_config[i].count;
                else
                        reset_value[i] = 0;
        /* enable active counters */
        for (i = 0; i < NUM_COUNTERS; ++i) {
                int virt = op_x86_phys_to_virt(i);
-               if (!counter_config[virt].enabled)
-                       continue;
-               if (!msrs->counters[i].addr)
+               if (!reset_value[virt])
                        continue;
 
                /* setup counter registers */