diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
index 38ea5da4e642..e0e6fbfa88f4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ static int prepare_cpuflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vsie_page *vsie_page)
  * Create a shadow copy of the crycb block and setup key wrapping, if
  * requested for guest 3 and enabled for guest 2.
  *
- * We only accept format-1 (no AP in g2), but convert it into format-2
+ * We accept format-1 or format-2, but we treat it as a format-1 (no AP in g2),
+ * and we convert it into format-2 in the shadow CRYCB.
  * There is nothing to do for format-0.
  *
  * Returns: - 0 if shadowed or nothing to do
@@ -179,8 +180,7 @@ static int shadow_crycb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vsie_page *vsie_page)
 		return set_validity_icpt(scb_s, 0x0035U);
 
 	scb_s->ecb3 |= ecb3_flags;
-	scb_s->crycbd = ((__u32)(__u64) &vsie_page->crycb) | CRYCB_FORMAT1 |
-			CRYCB_FORMAT2;
+	scb_s->crycbd = ((__u32)(__u64) &vsie_page->crycb) | CRYCB_FORMAT2;
 
 	/* xor both blocks in one run */
 	b1 = (unsigned long *) vsie_page->crycb.dea_wrapping_key_mask;