diff --git a/target-s390x/kvm.c b/target-s390x/kvm.c
index 8f111ae732df81b50362ec5429f0c2e30016c432..644f484c487467b018e865f6c09200f482d84c96 100644
--- a/target-s390x/kvm.c
+++ b/target-s390x/kvm.c
@@ -315,8 +315,7 @@ void kvm_arch_post_run(CPUState *cpu, struct kvm_run *run)
 
 int kvm_arch_process_async_events(CPUState *cs)
 {
-    S390CPU *cpu = S390_CPU(cs);
-    return cpu->env.halted;
+    return cs->halted;
 }
 
 void kvm_s390_interrupt_internal(S390CPU *cpu, int type, uint32_t parm,