diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index dcba0fa5176e990f8a23333f08e34e192351b407..c8c226a19dbe64d84ee6dd51adb0bdec38063b22 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
 
 #define __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_INTC_INITIALIZED
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS)
-#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS CONFIG_KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS
-#else
-#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 0
-#endif
-
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
 #define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 4
 #define KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET 1
@@ -44,6 +38,8 @@
 
 #include <kvm/arm_vgic.h>
 
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS VGIC_V2_MAX_CPUS
+
 u32 *kvm_vcpu_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 reg_num, u32 mode);
 int __attribute_const__ kvm_target_cpu(void);
 int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
index bfb915d0566566978b8e51c5ae7c93adfad04d0f..210eccadb69a9770ba1b51beb077bb071f565261 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -45,15 +45,4 @@ config KVM_ARM_HOST
 	---help---
 	  Provides host support for ARM processors.
 
-config KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS
-	int "Number maximum supported virtual CPUs per VM"
-	depends on KVM_ARM_HOST
-	default 4
-	help
-	  Static number of max supported virtual CPUs per VM.
-
-	  If you choose a high number, the vcpu structures will be quite
-	  large, so only choose a reasonable number that you expect to
-	  actually use.
-
 endif # VIRTUALIZATION
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 415938dc45cff94600625963b71011882f3a3ae4..3fb58ea944eb58a5000184c79a2687e6f0ad3657 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
 
 #define __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_INTC_INITIALIZED
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS)
-#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS CONFIG_KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS
-#else
-#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 0
-#endif
-
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
 #define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 4
 #define KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET 1
@@ -43,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <kvm/arm_vgic.h>
 #include <kvm/arm_arch_timer.h>
 
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS VGIC_V3_MAX_CPUS
+
 #define KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES 3
 
 int __attribute_const__ kvm_target_cpu(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
index bfffe8f4bd53ef0ac9314acb79dbad197b953e53..5c7e920e486132c5257255ff843d81a6616670b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -41,15 +41,4 @@ config KVM_ARM_HOST
 	---help---
 	  Provides host support for ARM processors.
 
-config KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS
-	int "Number maximum supported virtual CPUs per VM"
-	depends on KVM_ARM_HOST
-	default 4
-	help
-	  Static number of max supported virtual CPUs per VM.
-
-	  If you choose a high number, the vcpu structures will be quite
-	  large, so only choose a reasonable number that you expect to
-	  actually use.
-
 endif # VIRTUALIZATION
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
index d901f1a47be6c5e4af71ea7543f7dc7163eca2f9..4e14dac282bb6c963440593090bc060afecf8130 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@
 #define VGIC_V3_MAX_LRS		16
 #define VGIC_MAX_IRQS		1024
 #define VGIC_V2_MAX_CPUS	8
-
-/* Sanity checks... */
-#if (KVM_MAX_VCPUS > 255)
-#error Too many KVM VCPUs, the VGIC only supports up to 255 VCPUs for now
-#endif
+#define VGIC_V3_MAX_CPUS	255
 
 #if (VGIC_NR_IRQS_LEGACY & 31)
 #error "VGIC_NR_IRQS must be a multiple of 32"
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
index afbf925b00f4ff079ea28925174e1998e54c44d1..7dd5d62f10a196a4b2fe4bb8f4bc340bf69484bc 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int vgic_v3_probe(struct device_node *vgic_node,
 
 	vgic->vctrl_base = NULL;
 	vgic->type = VGIC_V3;
-	vgic->max_gic_vcpus = KVM_MAX_VCPUS;
+	vgic->max_gic_vcpus = VGIC_V3_MAX_CPUS;
 
 	kvm_info("%s@%llx IRQ%d\n", vgic_node->name,
 		 vcpu_res.start, vgic->maint_irq);