diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 9addca622d2d4c6c054b9137d79b4548ad98cbd6..726317144a6f8ff6642601cd251a0cd1b717f066 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -1100,10 +1100,6 @@ static void kvm_free_vmm_area(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void vti_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
-{
-}
-
 static int vti_init_vpd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1348,7 +1344,6 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
 	vcpu->kvm = kvm;
 
 	cpu = get_cpu();
-	vti_vcpu_load(vcpu, cpu);
 	r = vti_vcpu_setup(vcpu, id);
 	put_cpu();