diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index c7547b3fd527ec468911ec3887824a72227480e0..a3d31e3d98755c21dc1ff3164cce4e9b6847afde 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	ulong la;
 	u32 lim;
 	u16 sel;
-	unsigned cpl, rpl;
+	unsigned cpl;
 
 	la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
 	switch (ctxt->mode) {
@@ -699,11 +699,6 @@ static int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 				goto bad;
 		}
 		cpl = ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt);
-		if (ctxt->mode == X86EMUL_MODE_REAL)
-			rpl = 0;
-		else
-			rpl = sel & 3;
-		cpl = max(cpl, rpl);
 		if (!(desc.type & 8)) {
 			/* data segment */
 			if (cpl > desc.dpl)