diff --git a/drivers/kvm/svm.c b/drivers/kvm/svm.c
index af1e7b3f91719356321fce0bddea00c0603e0706..ccc06b1b91b56e5d198b78e3c70e0f4a211b19d8 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1206,8 +1206,7 @@ static int interrupt_window_interception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * possible
 	 */
 	if (kvm_run->request_interrupt_window &&
-	    !vcpu->irq_summary &&
-	    (vcpu->svm->vmcb->save.rflags & X86_EFLAGS_IF)) {
+	    !vcpu->irq_summary) {
 		++kvm_stat.irq_window_exits;
 		kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_IRQ_WINDOW_OPEN;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index e6ea76cdfdbd8c4d3ecde7418ec152bc5fe7ffb7..d4701cb4c65424e6b5d9267f2347c42445632ccf 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1604,8 +1604,7 @@ static int handle_interrupt_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * possible
 	 */
 	if (kvm_run->request_interrupt_window &&
-	    !vcpu->irq_summary &&
-	    (vmcs_readl(GUEST_RFLAGS) & X86_EFLAGS_IF)) {
+	    !vcpu->irq_summary) {
 		kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_IRQ_WINDOW_OPEN;
 		++kvm_stat.irq_window_exits;
 		return 0;