diff --git a/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vlapic.c b/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vlapic.c
--- a/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vlapic.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vlapic.c
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static VMM_STAT_ARRAY(IPIS_SENT, VM_MAXCPU, "ipis sent to vcpu");
+static VMM_STAT_ARRAY(IPIS_SENT, VMM_STAT_NELEMS_VCPU, "ipis sent to vcpu");
 
 static void
 vlapic_set_tpr(struct vlapic *vlapic, uint8_t val)
diff --git a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.h b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.h
--- a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.h
+++ b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 
 void	vmm_stat_register(void *arg);
 
+#define	VMM_STAT_NELEMS_VCPU	(-1)
+
 #define	VMM_STAT_FDEFINE(type, nelems, desc, func, scope)		\
 	struct vmm_stat_type type[1] = {				\
 		{ -1, nelems, desc, func, scope }			\
diff --git a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.c b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.c
--- a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_stat.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 	if (vst->scope == VMM_STAT_SCOPE_AMD && !vmm_is_svm())
 		return;
 
+	if (vst->nelems == VMM_STAT_NELEMS_VCPU)
+		vst->nelems = VM_MAXCPU;
+
 	if (vst_num_elems + vst->nelems >= MAX_VMM_STAT_ELEMS) {
 		printf("Cannot accommodate vmm stat type \"%s\"!\n", vst->desc);
 		return;