diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
index f2899b297ffdc79181e82cfdc333261ec67df0c6..25bd4ede722c72d3256eb5cce9a5cbc6eb3de058 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
@@ -257,16 +257,9 @@ int kvmppc_mmu_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvmppc_pte *orig_pte)
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		/* If we couldn't map a primary PTE, try a secondary */
-#ifdef USE_SECONDARY
 		hash = ~hash;
+		vflags ^= HPTE_V_SECONDARY;
 		attempt++;
-		if (attempt % 2)
-			vflags = HPTE_V_SECONDARY;
-		else
-			vflags = 0;
-#else
-		attempt = 2;
-#endif
 		goto map_again;
 	} else {
 		int hpte_id = kvmppc_mmu_hpte_cache_next(vcpu);