diff --git a/src/arch/arm/isa.cc b/src/arch/arm/isa.cc
index ffd9cfc6b8..f55235da11 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/isa.cc
+++ b/src/arch/arm/isa.cc
@@ -1879,6 +1879,18 @@ ISA::unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp)
 {
     DPRINTF(Checkpoint, "Unserializing Arm Misc Registers\n");
     UNSERIALIZE_MAPPING(miscRegs, miscRegName, NUM_PHYS_MISCREGS);
+
+    for (auto idx = 0; idx < NUM_MISCREGS; idx++) {
+        if (!lookUpMiscReg[idx].info[MISCREG_UNSERIALIZE] &&
+            miscRegs[idx] != lookUpMiscReg[idx].reset()) {
+            warn("Checkpoint value for register %s does not match "
+                 "current configuration (checkpointed: %#x, current: %#x)",
+                 miscRegName[idx], miscRegs[idx],
+                 lookUpMiscReg[idx].reset());
+            miscRegs[idx] = lookUpMiscReg[idx].reset();
+        }
+    }
+
     CPSR tmp_cpsr = miscRegs[MISCREG_CPSR];
     updateRegMap(tmp_cpsr);
 }
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/regs/misc.hh b/src/arch/arm/regs/misc.hh
index 265a697781..3a32623292 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/regs/misc.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/regs/misc.hh
@@ -1125,6 +1125,7 @@ namespace ArmISA
         MISCREG_IMPLEMENTED,
         MISCREG_UNVERIFIABLE,   // Does the value change on every read (e.g. a
                                 // arch generic counter)
+        MISCREG_UNSERIALIZE,    // Should the checkpointed value be restored?
         MISCREG_WARN_NOT_FAIL,  // If MISCREG_IMPLEMENTED is deasserted, it
                                 // tells whether the instruction should raise a
                                 // warning or fail
@@ -1277,6 +1278,12 @@ namespace ArmISA
             return *this;
         }
         chain
+        unserialize(bool v = true) const
+        {
+            entry.info[MISCREG_UNSERIALIZE] = v;
+            return *this;
+        }
+        chain
         warnNotFail(bool v = true) const
         {
             entry.info[MISCREG_WARN_NOT_FAIL] = v;
@@ -1595,7 +1602,7 @@ namespace ArmISA
           : entry(e)
         {
             // force unimplemented registers to be thusly declared
-            implemented(1);
+            implemented(1).unserialize(1);
         }
     };