diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 8028ac65db18399d2c724e5840cce3eee590b6bb..42ba85c62fcb74884dec4866b5ce24830e1321ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -3854,7 +3854,7 @@ static u64 mmu_pte_write_fetch_gpte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t *gpa,
 		/* Handle a 32-bit guest writing two halves of a 64-bit gpte */
 		*gpa &= ~(gpa_t)7;
 		*bytes = 8;
-		r = kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, *gpa, &gentry, min(*bytes, 8));
+		r = kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, *gpa, &gentry, 8);
 		if (r)
 			gentry = 0;
 		new = (const u8 *)&gentry;