diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index ac8e5ed788342e166eab3137f62fa889ea161d4b..f641201c7b31c1e55390bfa229e41fa0eaf10bd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -3028,9 +3028,6 @@ static int check_cr_write(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 		break;
 		}
 	case 4: {
-		u64 cr4;
-
-		cr4 = ctxt->ops->get_cr(ctxt, 4);
 		ctxt->ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_EFER, &efer);
 
 		if ((efer & EFER_LMA) && !(new_val & X86_CR4_PAE))