diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index d0bb42305b..d43d6d998a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -497,10 +497,11 @@ static void *spapr_create_fdt_skel(hwaddr initrd_base,
              * Older KVM versions with older guest kernels were broken with the
              * magic page, don't allow the guest to map it.
              */
-            kvmppc_get_hypercall(first_cpu->env_ptr, hypercall,
-                                 sizeof(hypercall));
-            _FDT((fdt_property(fdt, "hcall-instructions", hypercall,
-                              sizeof(hypercall))));
+            if (!kvmppc_get_hypercall(first_cpu->env_ptr, hypercall,
+                                      sizeof(hypercall))) {
+                _FDT((fdt_property(fdt, "hcall-instructions", hypercall,
+                                   sizeof(hypercall))));
+            }
         }
         _FDT((fdt_end_node(fdt)));
     }
diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm.c b/target-ppc/kvm.c
index 2fc993143e..20f113a079 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm.c
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ int kvmppc_get_hypercall(CPUPPCState *env, uint8_t *buf, int buf_len)
     hc[2] = cpu_to_be32(0x48000008);
     hc[3] = cpu_to_be32(bswap32(0x3860ffff));
 
-    return 0;
+    return 1;
 }
 
 static inline int kvmppc_enable_hcall(KVMState *s, target_ulong hcall)