diff --git a/target/s390x/diag.c b/target/s390x/diag.c
index c17a2498a7..8405f69df0 100644
--- a/target/s390x/diag.c
+++ b/target/s390x/diag.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "hw/s390x/ipl.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/pv.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "kvm_s390x.h"
 
 int handle_diag_288(CPUS390XState *env, uint64_t r1, uint64_t r3)
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ out:
             return;
         }
 
-        if (kvm_s390_get_hpage_1m()) {
+        if (kvm_enabled() && kvm_s390_get_hpage_1m()) {
             error_report("Protected VMs can currently not be backed with "
                          "huge pages");
             env->regs[r1 + 1] = DIAG_308_RC_INVAL_FOR_PV;