diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 48d7b0e1dba9e8eef7fc92435bc605fc73ea65f6..cfa74983c6751a78fdd998fcc1aada6e2fd67f6a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #define __ASM_KVM_HOST_H
 
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
-/* memory slots that does not exposed to userspace */
-#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 4
 
 #define KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET 1
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index ac19ad60ae8c37fd496b34d4f6801142f86b5320..ab49c6cf891c5a076e170fd067fc1fec531dd7ee 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS		NR_CPUS
 #define KVM_MAX_VCORES		NR_CPUS
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
-/* memory slots that does not exposed to userspace */
-#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 4
-#define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM (KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
+#define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_MMIO
 #define KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET 1
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index ac3343264040d0552d9ea0ae5af945c690eba698..711c5ab391cf864dbe340b1c57937de4eb39c506 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 64
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
-/* memory slots that does not exposed to userspace */
-#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 4
 
 struct sca_entry {
 	atomic_t scn;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index c7df6ffd2437c1adf6e237e2508507437617d91e..51d52108f109a9666515c756400ed7d02f973ec5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 254
 #define KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS 160
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
-/* memory slots that does not exposed to userspace */
-#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 4
+/* memory slots that are not exposed to userspace */
+#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 3
 #define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM (KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
 
 #define KVM_MMIO_SIZE 16
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index abad7f30771ee7ee0f86ed1f42c4130fba599f47..5a3581ceb03668c70d0858ecbb3ec1df9c83b8d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_table {};
 
 #endif
 
+#ifndef KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS
+#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 0
+#endif
+
 #ifndef KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM
 #define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM (KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
 #endif