diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index 01822b9..e4822f1 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -1474,6 +1474,22 @@
     pmu_op_finish(env);
 }
 
+static uint64_t pmcr_read(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri)
+{
+    uint64_t pmcr = env->cp15.c9_pmcr;
+
+    /*
+     * If EL2 is implemented and enabled for the current security state, reads
+     * of PMCR.N from EL1 or EL0 return the value of MDCR_EL2.HPMN or HDCR.HPMN.
+     */
+    if (arm_current_el(env) <= 1 && arm_is_el2_enabled(env)) {
+        pmcr &= ~PMCRN_MASK;
+        pmcr |= (env->cp15.mdcr_el2 & MDCR_HPMN) << PMCRN_SHIFT;
+    }
+
+    return pmcr;
+}
+
 static void pmswinc_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
                           uint64_t value)
 {
@@ -7048,8 +7064,9 @@
         .fgt = FGT_PMCR_EL0,
         .type = ARM_CP_IO | ARM_CP_ALIAS,
         .fieldoffset = offsetoflow32(CPUARMState, cp15.c9_pmcr),
-        .accessfn = pmreg_access, .writefn = pmcr_write,
-        .raw_writefn = raw_write,
+        .accessfn = pmreg_access,
+        .readfn = pmcr_read, .raw_readfn = raw_read,
+        .writefn = pmcr_write, .raw_writefn = raw_write,
     };
     ARMCPRegInfo pmcr64 = {
         .name = "PMCR_EL0", .state = ARM_CP_STATE_AA64,
@@ -7059,6 +7076,7 @@
         .type = ARM_CP_IO,
         .fieldoffset = offsetof(CPUARMState, cp15.c9_pmcr),
         .resetvalue = cpu->isar.reset_pmcr_el0,
+        .readfn = pmcr_read, .raw_readfn = raw_read,
         .writefn = pmcr_write, .raw_writefn = raw_write,
     };