diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad3bd0a1de..1379b3ccd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -571,9 +571,12 @@ GPU: 0
 - **Removed usage of _validate_positive in Parser and replaced with _positive_int and _not_negative_int as appropriate**.  
   - This will allow 0 to be a valid input for several options in setting CPUs where appropriate (for example, as a mode or NBIOID)
 
-- **Removed `--ras` option from `amd-smi static` command in Guest environments**
+- **Removed `--ras` option from `amd-smi static` command in Guest environments**.  
   - VMs don't have permission from Hosts to obtain RAS information, so this option was made invalid on Guest environments.
 
+- **Removed `--ecc` option from `amd-smi monitor` command in Guest environments**.  
+  - Guest VMs do not support getting current ECC counts from the Host cards.
+
 ### Optimizations
 
 - **Adjusted ordering of gpu_metrics calls to ensure that pcie_bw values remain stable in `amd-smi metric` & `amd-smi monitor`**.  
diff --git a/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_commands.py b/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_commands.py
index 7e25d2f075..348503548e 100644
--- a/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_commands.py
+++ b/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_commands.py
@@ -4518,6 +4518,22 @@ class AMDSMICommands():
         if args.gpu == None:
             args.gpu = self.device_handles
 
+        # handle platform for ecc
+        if self.helpers.is_virtual_os():
+            args.ecc = False
+            if not any([args.power_usage, args.temperature, args.gfx, args.mem,
+                    args.encoder, args.decoder, args.vram_usage, args.pcie, args.violation]):
+                args.power_usage = args.temperature = args.gfx = args.mem = \
+                args.encoder = args.decoder = \
+                args.vram_usage = args.pcie = args.violation = True
+        else:
+            if not any([args.power_usage, args.temperature, args.gfx, args.mem,
+                    args.encoder, args.decoder, args.ecc,
+                    args.vram_usage, args.pcie, args.violation]):
+                args.power_usage = args.temperature = args.gfx = args.mem = \
+                args.encoder = args.decoder = args.ecc = \
+                args.vram_usage = args.pcie = args.violation = True
+
         # If all arguments are False, the print all values
         # Don't include process in this logic as it's an optional edge case
         if not any([args.power_usage, args.temperature, args.gfx, args.mem,
diff --git a/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_parser.py b/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_parser.py
index 4f8ace7a70..830cf7239f 100644
--- a/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_parser.py
+++ b/amdsmi_cli/amdsmi_parser.py
@@ -1207,7 +1207,10 @@ class AMDSMIParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
         monitor_parser.add_argument('-m', '--mem', action='store_true', required=False, help=mem_util_help)
         monitor_parser.add_argument('-n', '--encoder', action='store_true', required=False, help=encoder_util_help)
         monitor_parser.add_argument('-d', '--decoder', action='store_true', required=False, help=decoder_util_help)
-        monitor_parser.add_argument('-e', '--ecc', action='store_true', required=False, help=ecc_help)
+
+        if not self.helpers.is_virtual_os():
+            monitor_parser.add_argument('-e', '--ecc', action='store_true', required=False, help=ecc_help)
+
         monitor_parser.add_argument('-v', '--vram-usage', action='store_true', required=False, help=mem_usage_help)
         monitor_parser.add_argument('-r', '--pcie', action='store_true', required=False, help=pcie_bandwidth_help)
         monitor_parser.add_argument('-q', '--process', action='store_true', required=False, help=process_help)