diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
index 5a936988eb24..24cb5f66787d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
@@ -231,16 +231,14 @@ int kvm_arch_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				   struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   bool user_alloc)
+				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				   bool user_alloc)
+				   struct kvm_memory_slot old)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index ad3126a58644..cbc5b0417dab 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -1579,8 +1579,7 @@ int kvm_arch_create_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages)
 int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 		struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 		struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-		struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-		bool user_alloc)
+		struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	unsigned long pfn;
@@ -1610,8 +1609,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 		struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-		struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-		bool user_alloc)
+		struct kvm_memory_slot old)
 {
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 934413cd3a1b..22b33159fbc4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -411,18 +411,16 @@ int kvm_arch_create_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages)
 }
 
 int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-                                   struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
-                                   struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-                                   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-                                   bool user_alloc)
+				   struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
+				   struct kvm_memory_slot old,
+				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	return kvmppc_core_prepare_memory_region(kvm, memslot, mem);
 }
 
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-               struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-               struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-               bool user_alloc)
+				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
+				   struct kvm_memory_slot old)
 {
 	kvmppc_core_commit_memory_region(kvm, mem, old);
 }
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 4cf35a0a79e7..07ac302ce246 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -975,8 +975,7 @@ int kvm_arch_create_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages)
 int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				   struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   bool user_alloc)
+				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	/* A few sanity checks. We can have exactly one memory slot which has
 	   to start at guest virtual zero and which has to be located at a
@@ -997,16 +996,12 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	if (mem->memory_size & 0xffffful)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!user_alloc)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				bool user_alloc)
+				struct kvm_memory_slot old)
 {
 	int rc;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 811c5c9c8880..26216bb4403f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6907,8 +6907,7 @@ out_free:
 int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				bool user_alloc)
+				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	int npages = memslot->npages;
 
@@ -6938,8 +6937,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				bool user_alloc)
+				struct kvm_memory_slot old)
 {
 
 	int nr_mmu_pages = 0, npages = mem->memory_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index cad77fe09d77..b4757a1cc4c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -464,12 +464,10 @@ int kvm_arch_create_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages);
 int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				bool user_alloc);
+				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem);
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				bool user_alloc);
+				struct kvm_memory_slot old);
 bool kvm_largepages_enabled(void);
 void kvm_disable_largepages(void);
 /* flush all memory translations */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index adc68feb5c5a..fd3037010e75 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 		slots = old_memslots;
 	}
 
-	r = kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(kvm, &new, old, mem, user_alloc);
+	r = kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(kvm, &new, old, mem);
 	if (r)
 		goto out_slots;
 
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 	old_memslots = install_new_memslots(kvm, slots, &new);
 
-	kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(kvm, mem, old, user_alloc);
+	kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(kvm, mem, old);
 
 	kvm_free_physmem_slot(&old, &new);
 	kfree(old_memslots);