diff -r 9d85dfa4696c -r 068e76f5a9ad src/cpu/kvm/base.hh
--- a/src/cpu/kvm/base.hh	Mon Jun 03 13:21:21 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/cpu/kvm/base.hh	Mon Jun 03 13:21:56 2013 +0200
@@ -546,6 +546,9 @@
     Stats::Scalar numInterrupts;
     Stats::Scalar numHypercalls;
     /* @} */
+
+    /** Number of instructions executed by the CPU */
+    Counter ctrInsts;
 };
 
 #endif
diff -r 9d85dfa4696c -r 068e76f5a9ad src/cpu/kvm/base.cc
--- a/src/cpu/kvm/base.cc	Mon Jun 03 13:21:21 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/cpu/kvm/base.cc	Mon Jun 03 13:21:56 2013 +0200
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
       pageSize(sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE)),
       tickEvent(*this),
       perfControlledByTimer(params->usePerfOverflow),
-      hostFactor(params->hostFactor)
+      hostFactor(params->hostFactor),
+      ctrInsts(0)
 {
     if (pageSize == -1)
         panic("KVM: Failed to determine host page size (%i)\n",
@@ -416,14 +417,14 @@
 Counter
 BaseKvmCPU::totalInsts() const
 {
-    return hwInstructions.read();
+    return ctrInsts;
 }
 
 Counter
 BaseKvmCPU::totalOps() const
 {
     hack_once("Pretending totalOps is equivalent to totalInsts()\n");
-    return hwInstructions.read();
+    return ctrInsts;
 }
 
 void
@@ -514,6 +515,8 @@
     numCycles += simCyclesExecuted;;
     ++numVMExits;
     numInsts += instsExecuted;
+    ctrInsts += instsExecuted;
+    system->totalNumInsts += instsExecuted;
 
     DPRINTF(KvmRun, "KVM: Executed %i instructions in %i cycles (%i ticks, sim cycles: %i).\n",
             instsExecuted, hostCyclesExecuted, ticksExecuted, simCyclesExecuted);