diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index c86c95a499af6cbc9897a73d47b464404e74ae40..cdde7488430df48d13b22a45c4121d338714a064 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1033,7 +1033,6 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops {
 			    struct kvm_segment *var, int seg);
 	void (*get_cs_db_l_bits)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int *db, int *l);
 	void (*decache_cr0_guest_bits)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-	void (*decache_cr3)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	void (*decache_cr4_guest_bits)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	void (*set_cr0)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0);
 	void (*set_cr3)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h
index e85b5ed223712608c1b048e5ec41aeb09c6b0a1b..58767020de411676cc3552466a3225b55bb56abd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static inline ulong kvm_read_cr4_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, ulong mask)
 static inline ulong kvm_read_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (!kvm_register_is_available(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_CR3))
-		kvm_x86_ops->decache_cr3(vcpu);
+		kvm_x86_ops->cache_reg(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_CR3);
 	return vcpu->arch.cr3;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 62b0938b62ef77f026e783d8b28ba64c34b8cd8c..80711b6e3a59d89bf1c514224fdd987146b423f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@ static void svm_cache_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_reg reg)
 		load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu, kvm_read_cr3(vcpu));
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2529,10 +2529,6 @@ static void svm_decache_cr0_guest_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 }
 
-static void svm_decache_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-}
-
 static void svm_decache_cr4_guest_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 }
@@ -7269,7 +7265,6 @@ static struct kvm_x86_ops svm_x86_ops __ro_after_init = {
 	.get_cpl = svm_get_cpl,
 	.get_cs_db_l_bits = kvm_get_cs_db_l_bits,
 	.decache_cr0_guest_bits = svm_decache_cr0_guest_bits,
-	.decache_cr3 = svm_decache_cr3,
 	.decache_cr4_guest_bits = svm_decache_cr4_guest_bits,
 	.set_cr0 = svm_set_cr0,
 	.set_cr3 = svm_set_cr3,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 48a41abe016bc9a7726c54292d20deaf0ef187fa..1b022db081cf1ef2d3d5a69c90e8f2eae6506538 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -2192,7 +2192,12 @@ static void vmx_cache_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_reg reg)
 		if (enable_ept)
 			ept_save_pdptrs(vcpu);
 		break;
+	case VCPU_EXREG_CR3:
+		if (enable_unrestricted_guest || (enable_ept && is_paging(vcpu)))
+			vcpu->arch.cr3 = vmcs_readl(GUEST_CR3);
+		break;
 	default:
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		break;
 	}
 }
@@ -2863,13 +2868,6 @@ static void vmx_decache_cr0_guest_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.cr0 |= vmcs_readl(GUEST_CR0) & cr0_guest_owned_bits;
 }
 
-static void vmx_decache_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	if (enable_unrestricted_guest || (enable_ept && is_paging(vcpu)))
-		vcpu->arch.cr3 = vmcs_readl(GUEST_CR3);
-	kvm_register_mark_available(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_CR3);
-}
-
 static void vmx_decache_cr4_guest_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	ulong cr4_guest_owned_bits = vcpu->arch.cr4_guest_owned_bits;
@@ -2914,7 +2912,7 @@ static void ept_update_paging_mode_cr0(unsigned long *hw_cr0,
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
 	if (!kvm_register_is_available(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_CR3))
-		vmx_decache_cr3(vcpu);
+		vmx_cache_reg(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_CR3);
 	if (!(cr0 & X86_CR0_PG)) {
 		/* From paging/starting to nonpaging */
 		exec_controls_setbit(vmx, CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
@@ -7784,7 +7782,6 @@ static struct kvm_x86_ops vmx_x86_ops __ro_after_init = {
 	.get_cpl = vmx_get_cpl,
 	.get_cs_db_l_bits = vmx_get_cs_db_l_bits,
 	.decache_cr0_guest_bits = vmx_decache_cr0_guest_bits,
-	.decache_cr3 = vmx_decache_cr3,
 	.decache_cr4_guest_bits = vmx_decache_cr4_guest_bits,
 	.set_cr0 = vmx_set_cr0,
 	.set_cr3 = vmx_set_cr3,