diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 29e7f7bc284d36431e11d8dce9b140bf72cc0dea..801886142cc46b28f6f350b6c1608e4a6407c192 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1352,12 +1352,13 @@ static void svm_cache_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_reg reg)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void svm_enable_vintr(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
+static void svm_set_vintr(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 {
 	struct vmcb_control_area *control;
 
 	/* The following fields are ignored when AVIC is enabled */
 	WARN_ON(kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(&svm->vcpu));
+	set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VINTR);
 
 	/*
 	 * This is just a dummy VINTR to actually cause a vmexit to happen.
@@ -1371,13 +1372,6 @@ static inline void svm_enable_vintr(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_INTR);
 }
 
-static void svm_set_vintr(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
-{
-	set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VINTR);
-	if (is_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VINTR))
-		svm_enable_vintr(svm);
-}
-
 static void svm_clear_vintr(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 {
 	clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_VINTR);