diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
index c3e31fef0be1c8a373bf88d7f398f52787735754..1ae09992c9ea3a8d6327069390048e39d3183815 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static struct kvmppc_sid_map *create_sid_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 gvsid)
 	struct kvmppc_sid_map *map;
 	struct kvmppc_vcpu_book3s *vcpu_book3s = to_book3s(vcpu);
 	u16 sid_map_mask;
-	static int backwards_map = 0;
+	static int backwards_map;
 
 	if (kvmppc_get_msr(vcpu) & MSR_PR)
 		gvsid |= VSID_PR;