diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 9d474c7ae261..b99cec1547c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -583,8 +583,6 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 void kvm_report_emulation_failure(struct kvm_vcpu *cvpu, const char *context);
 void realmode_lgdt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 size, unsigned long address);
 void realmode_lidt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 size, unsigned long address);
-void realmode_lmsw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long msw,
-		   unsigned long *rflags);
 
 void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64);
 int kvm_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr_index, u64 *data);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 5b060e4be0e3..5e2fa61e8104 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -2486,8 +2486,8 @@ twobyte_insn:
 			c->dst.val = ops->get_cr(0, ctxt->vcpu);
 			break;
 		case 6: /* lmsw */
-			realmode_lmsw(ctxt->vcpu, (u16)c->src.val,
-				      &ctxt->eflags);
+			ops->set_cr(0, (ops->get_cr(0, ctxt->vcpu) & ~0x0ful) |
+				    (c->src.val & 0x0f), ctxt->vcpu);
 			c->dst.type = OP_NONE;
 			break;
 		case 7: /* invlpg*/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 94a29759ab2c..c382e9721099 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4098,13 +4098,6 @@ void realmode_lidt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 limit, unsigned long base)
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_idt(vcpu, &dt);
 }
 
-void realmode_lmsw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long msw,
-		   unsigned long *rflags)
-{
-	kvm_lmsw(vcpu, msw);
-	*rflags = kvm_get_rflags(vcpu);
-}
-
 static int move_to_next_stateful_cpuid_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int i)
 {
 	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *e = &vcpu->arch.cpuid_entries[i];