diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index 6e542e2eae32bc420333a7f9e2c93add11847f3d..16dda1a383a6f77ebc08fc2bc494df4bfbcf7ffe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -350,15 +350,9 @@ static bool kvm_timer_should_fire(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)
 	return cval <= now;
 }
 
-bool kvm_timer_is_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+int kvm_cpu_has_pending_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	struct timer_map map;
-
-	get_timer_map(vcpu, &map);
-
-	return kvm_timer_should_fire(map.direct_vtimer) ||
-	       kvm_timer_should_fire(map.direct_ptimer) ||
-	       kvm_timer_should_fire(map.emul_ptimer);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 523bc934fe2f66687b2bb605776f4b239b6114d3..2122c699af06203e221f4d26b86718448f7d9796 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -356,11 +356,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_arm_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 }
 
-int kvm_cpu_has_pending_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return kvm_timer_is_pending(vcpu);
-}
-
 void kvm_arch_vcpu_blocking(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
index 51c19381108cf70051bcb0f784d04862b9be84bd..cd6d8f260eab1415dad7feec0ebf5c868b5275b1 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ int kvm_arm_timer_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
 int kvm_arm_timer_get_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
 int kvm_arm_timer_has_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
 
-bool kvm_timer_is_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-
 u64 kvm_phys_timer_read(void);
 
 void kvm_timer_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);