diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index 40039477bebb22090145827374505864c3121f5d..2d8278167c0f0a88ee849467b96d7e04c9dcfc39 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -295,13 +295,16 @@ static void avic_kick_target_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_lapic *source,
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	unsigned long i;
 
+	/*
+	 * Wake any target vCPUs that are blocking, i.e. waiting for a wake
+	 * event.  There's no need to signal doorbells, as hardware has handled
+	 * vCPUs that were in guest at the time of the IPI, and vCPUs that have
+	 * since entered the guest will have processed pending IRQs at VMRUN.
+	 */
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
-		bool m = kvm_apic_match_dest(vcpu, source,
-					     icrl & APIC_SHORT_MASK,
-					     GET_APIC_DEST_FIELD(icrh),
-					     icrl & APIC_DEST_MASK);
-
-		if (m && !avic_vcpu_is_running(vcpu))
+		if (kvm_apic_match_dest(vcpu, source, icrl & APIC_SHORT_MASK,
+					GET_APIC_DEST_FIELD(icrh),
+					icrl & APIC_DEST_MASK))
 			kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 6d29421dd4bf3f4ed70c8775763866045bfd9053..fd0685b2ce55a411192b9c0321e4dc7777d87582 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -573,17 +573,6 @@ extern struct kvm_x86_nested_ops svm_nested_ops;
 
 #define VMCB_AVIC_APIC_BAR_MASK		0xFFFFFFFFFF000ULL
 
-static inline bool avic_vcpu_is_running(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
-	u64 *entry = svm->avic_physical_id_cache;
-
-	if (!entry)
-		return false;
-
-	return (READ_ONCE(*entry) & AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK);
-}
-
 int avic_ga_log_notifier(u32 ga_tag);
 void avic_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm);
 int avic_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm);