diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index ef117b8423345ca657497334591dbaa8353b2c28..03954f7900f522a496d8249174ec63cc760aa140 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -1491,9 +1491,6 @@ static int __load_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 			goto exception;
 		break;
 	case VCPU_SREG_CS:
-		if (in_task_switch && rpl != dpl)
-			goto exception;
-
 		if (!(seg_desc.type & 8))
 			goto exception;