diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 69d42b6ff28a..c9fedf12f144 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9075,6 +9075,12 @@ F:	drivers/staging/vme/
 F:	drivers/vme/
 F:	include/linux/vme*
 
+VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
+M:	Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
+L:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+S:	Supported
+F:	arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+
 VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
 M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
index 884aa4053313..1b10af835c31 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ void __init default_banner(void)
 	       pv_info.name);
 }
 
-/* Simple instruction patching code. */
-#define DEF_NATIVE(ops, name, code)					\
-	extern const char start_##ops##_##name[], end_##ops##_##name[];	\
-	asm("start_" #ops "_" #name ": " code "; end_" #ops "_" #name ":")
-
 /* Undefined instruction for dealing with missing ops pointers. */
 static const unsigned char ud2a[] = { 0x0f, 0x0b };