diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 729e5f689097ea8ffd76d16c916e8ca56be6e399..7bdd6b1a2373e3f542b67f196c648d421833507f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -6461,9 +6461,6 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
 	for (msr = 0x800; msr <= 0x8ff; msr++)
 		vmx_disable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(msr);
 
-	/* According SDM, in x2apic mode, the whole id reg is used.  But in
-	 * KVM, it only use the highest eight bits. Need to intercept it */
-	vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(0x802);
 	/* TMCCT */
 	vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(0x839);
 	/* TPR */