diff --git a/target/arm/kvm64.c b/target/arm/kvm64.c
index d16d4ea250..bb1516b3d5 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm64.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm64.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ bool kvm_arm_get_host_cpu_features(ARMHostCPUFeatures *ahcf)
         }
     }
 
-    sve_supported = ioctl(fdarray[0], KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_ARM_SVE) > 0;
+    sve_supported = kvm_arm_sve_supported();
 
     /* Add feature bits that can't appear until after VCPU init. */
     if (sve_supported) {