diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 95b254b5a5230141d9414bee458e342ef2d74a1a..601e00876b3885dde42e4815cffce032a6c480a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1506,7 +1506,6 @@ unsigned long kvm_mmu_calculate_default_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_mmu_change_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long kvm_nr_mmu_pages);
 
 int load_pdptrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu, unsigned long cr3);
-bool pdptrs_changed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 int emulator_write_phys(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
 			  const void *val, int bytes);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 475376a9741912e6d8e04713a7dbb442ec462c82..188c180d9f6ee9edaefccf28272b1c5737425a0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -783,13 +783,6 @@ int kvm_read_guest_page_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_read_guest_page_mmu);
 
-static int kvm_read_nested_guest_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn,
-			       void *data, int offset, int len, u32 access)
-{
-	return kvm_read_guest_page_mmu(vcpu, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu, gfn,
-				       data, offset, len, access);
-}
-
 static inline u64 pdptr_rsvd_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return vcpu->arch.reserved_gpa_bits | rsvd_bits(5, 8) | rsvd_bits(1, 2);
@@ -831,30 +824,6 @@ int load_pdptrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu, unsigned long cr3)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(load_pdptrs);
 
-bool pdptrs_changed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	u64 pdpte[ARRAY_SIZE(vcpu->arch.walk_mmu->pdptrs)];
-	int offset;
-	gfn_t gfn;
-	int r;
-
-	if (!is_pae_paging(vcpu))
-		return false;
-
-	if (!kvm_register_is_available(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_PDPTR))
-		return true;
-
-	gfn = (kvm_read_cr3(vcpu) & 0xffffffe0ul) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	offset = (kvm_read_cr3(vcpu) & 0xffffffe0ul) & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
-	r = kvm_read_nested_guest_page(vcpu, gfn, pdpte, offset, sizeof(pdpte),
-				       PFERR_USER_MASK | PFERR_WRITE_MASK);
-	if (r < 0)
-		return true;
-
-	return memcmp(pdpte, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu->pdptrs, sizeof(pdpte)) != 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pdptrs_changed);
-
 void kvm_post_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long old_cr0, unsigned long cr0)
 {
 	unsigned long update_bits = X86_CR0_PG | X86_CR0_WP;
@@ -1101,7 +1070,8 @@ int kvm_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (cr3 == kvm_read_cr3(vcpu) && !pdptrs_changed(vcpu)) {
+	/* PDPTRs are always reloaded for PAE paging. */
+	if (cr3 == kvm_read_cr3(vcpu) && !is_pae_paging(vcpu)) {
 		if (!skip_tlb_flush) {
 			kvm_mmu_sync_roots(vcpu);
 			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);