diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index 6ed18ce0d63833d0ba586e3a80e2e0d16804ab94..23b33e8ea03a6a56ab3066704c1090da9921e073 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 #include <asm/virt.h>
 
 unsigned long *vcpu_reg32(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 reg_num);
-unsigned long *vcpu_spsr32(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+unsigned long vcpu_read_spsr32(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void vcpu_write_spsr32(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long v);
 
 bool kvm_condition_valid32(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_skip_instr32(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool is_wide_instr);
@@ -162,41 +163,26 @@ static inline void vcpu_set_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 reg_num,
 
 static inline unsigned long vcpu_read_spsr(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	unsigned long *p = (unsigned long *)&vcpu_gp_regs(vcpu)->spsr[KVM_SPSR_EL1];
-
-	if (vcpu_mode_is_32bit(vcpu)) {
-		unsigned long *p_32bit = vcpu_spsr32(vcpu);
-
-		/* KVM_SPSR_SVC aliases KVM_SPSR_EL1 */
-		if (p_32bit != p)
-			return *p_32bit;
-	}
+	if (vcpu_mode_is_32bit(vcpu))
+		return vcpu_read_spsr32(vcpu);
 
 	if (vcpu->arch.sysregs_loaded_on_cpu)
 		return read_sysreg_el1(spsr);
 	else
-		return *p;
+		return vcpu_gp_regs(vcpu)->spsr[KVM_SPSR_EL1];
 }
 
-static inline void vcpu_write_spsr(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long v)
+static inline void vcpu_write_spsr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long v)
 {
-	unsigned long *p = (unsigned long *)&vcpu_gp_regs(vcpu)->spsr[KVM_SPSR_EL1];
-
-	/* KVM_SPSR_SVC aliases KVM_SPSR_EL1 */
 	if (vcpu_mode_is_32bit(vcpu)) {
-		unsigned long *p_32bit = vcpu_spsr32(vcpu);
-
-		/* KVM_SPSR_SVC aliases KVM_SPSR_EL1 */
-		if (p_32bit != p) {
-			*p_32bit = v;
-			return;
-		}
+		vcpu_write_spsr32(vcpu, v);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	if (vcpu->arch.sysregs_loaded_on_cpu)
 		write_sysreg_el1(v, spsr);
 	else
-		*p = v;
+		vcpu_gp_regs(vcpu)->spsr[KVM_SPSR_EL1] = v;
 }
 
 static inline bool vcpu_mode_priv(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/regmap.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/regmap.c
index bbc6ae32e4af1429da68ccfcb094d290534b590a..eefe403a2e63ab6c06f24f7aa6733d835a6ac216 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/regmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/regmap.c
@@ -141,28 +141,61 @@ unsigned long *vcpu_reg32(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 reg_num)
 /*
  * Return the SPSR for the current mode of the virtual CPU.
  */
-unsigned long *vcpu_spsr32(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static int vcpu_spsr32_mode(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	unsigned long mode = *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) & COMPAT_PSR_MODE_MASK;
 	switch (mode) {
-	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_SVC:
-		mode = KVM_SPSR_SVC;
-		break;
-	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_ABT:
-		mode = KVM_SPSR_ABT;
-		break;
-	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_UND:
-		mode = KVM_SPSR_UND;
-		break;
-	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_IRQ:
-		mode = KVM_SPSR_IRQ;
-		break;
-	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_FIQ:
-		mode = KVM_SPSR_FIQ;
-		break;
+	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_SVC: return KVM_SPSR_SVC;
+	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_ABT: return KVM_SPSR_ABT;
+	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_UND: return KVM_SPSR_UND;
+	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_IRQ: return KVM_SPSR_IRQ;
+	case COMPAT_PSR_MODE_FIQ: return KVM_SPSR_FIQ;
+	default: BUG();
+	}
+}
+
+unsigned long vcpu_read_spsr32(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	int spsr_idx = vcpu_spsr32_mode(vcpu);
+
+	if (!vcpu->arch.sysregs_loaded_on_cpu)
+		return vcpu_gp_regs(vcpu)->spsr[spsr_idx];
+
+	switch (spsr_idx) {
+	case KVM_SPSR_SVC:
+		return read_sysreg_el1(spsr);
+	case KVM_SPSR_ABT:
+		return read_sysreg(spsr_abt);
+	case KVM_SPSR_UND:
+		return read_sysreg(spsr_und);
+	case KVM_SPSR_IRQ:
+		return read_sysreg(spsr_irq);
+	case KVM_SPSR_FIQ:
+		return read_sysreg(spsr_fiq);
 	default:
 		BUG();
 	}
+}
+
+void vcpu_write_spsr32(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long v)
+{
+	int spsr_idx = vcpu_spsr32_mode(vcpu);
+
+	if (!vcpu->arch.sysregs_loaded_on_cpu) {
+		vcpu_gp_regs(vcpu)->spsr[spsr_idx] = v;
+		return;
+	}
 
-	return (unsigned long *)&vcpu_gp_regs(vcpu)->spsr[mode];
+	switch (spsr_idx) {
+	case KVM_SPSR_SVC:
+		write_sysreg_el1(v, spsr);
+	case KVM_SPSR_ABT:
+		write_sysreg(v, spsr_abt);
+	case KVM_SPSR_UND:
+		write_sysreg(v, spsr_und);
+	case KVM_SPSR_IRQ:
+		write_sysreg(v, spsr_irq);
+	case KVM_SPSR_FIQ:
+		write_sysreg(v, spsr_fiq);
+	}
 }