diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 86c33863a0ad..12e9291da267 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #define KVM_S390_BSCA_CPU_SLOTS 64
 #define KVM_S390_ESCA_CPU_SLOTS 248
-#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS KVM_S390_BSCA_CPU_SLOTS
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS KVM_S390_ESCA_CPU_SLOTS
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 5e884aa890cb..16c19fb0af8d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS:
 	case KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS:
-		r = KVM_MAX_VCPUS;
+		r = sclp.has_esca ? KVM_S390_ESCA_CPU_SLOTS
+				  : KVM_S390_BSCA_CPU_SLOTS;
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS:
 		r = KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS;