diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index b35623ae24..6c49954e68 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -632,11 +632,6 @@ static int hyperv_handle_properties(CPUState *cs)
     X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
     CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
 
-    if (cpu->hyperv_time &&
-            kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TIME) <= 0) {
-        cpu->hyperv_time = false;
-    }
-
     if (cpu->hyperv_relaxed_timing) {
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_HYPERCALL_AVAILABLE;
     }
@@ -645,6 +640,12 @@ static int hyperv_handle_properties(CPUState *cs)
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_APIC_ACCESS_AVAILABLE;
     }
     if (cpu->hyperv_time) {
+        if (kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TIME) <= 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Hyper-V clocksources "
+                    "(requested by 'hv-time' cpu flag) "
+                    "are not supported by kernel\n");
+            return -ENOSYS;
+        }
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_HYPERCALL_AVAILABLE;
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_TIME_REF_COUNT_AVAILABLE;
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_REFERENCE_TSC_AVAILABLE;
@@ -659,17 +660,41 @@ static int hyperv_handle_properties(CPUState *cs)
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_ACCESS_FREQUENCY_MSRS;
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EDX] |= HV_FREQUENCY_MSRS_AVAILABLE;
     }
-    if (cpu->hyperv_crash && has_msr_hv_crash) {
+    if (cpu->hyperv_crash) {
+        if (!has_msr_hv_crash) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Hyper-V crash MSRs "
+                    "(requested by 'hv-crash' cpu flag) "
+                    "are not supported by kernel\n");
+            return -ENOSYS;
+        }
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EDX] |= HV_GUEST_CRASH_MSR_AVAILABLE;
     }
     env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EDX] |= HV_CPU_DYNAMIC_PARTITIONING_AVAILABLE;
-    if (cpu->hyperv_reset && has_msr_hv_reset) {
+    if (cpu->hyperv_reset) {
+        if (!has_msr_hv_reset) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Hyper-V reset MSR "
+                    "(requested by 'hv-reset' cpu flag) "
+                    "is not supported by kernel\n");
+            return -ENOSYS;
+        }
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_RESET_AVAILABLE;
     }
-    if (cpu->hyperv_vpindex && has_msr_hv_vpindex) {
+    if (cpu->hyperv_vpindex) {
+        if (!has_msr_hv_vpindex) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Hyper-V VP_INDEX MSR "
+                    "(requested by 'hv-vpindex' cpu flag) "
+                    "is not supported by kernel\n");
+            return -ENOSYS;
+        }
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_VP_INDEX_AVAILABLE;
     }
-    if (cpu->hyperv_runtime && has_msr_hv_runtime) {
+    if (cpu->hyperv_runtime) {
+        if (!has_msr_hv_runtime) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Hyper-V VP_RUNTIME MSR "
+                    "(requested by 'hv-runtime' cpu flag) "
+                    "is not supported by kernel\n");
+            return -ENOSYS;
+        }
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_VP_RUNTIME_AVAILABLE;
     }
     if (cpu->hyperv_synic) {