diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index c9ef6c0e1e98..34b700f9e498 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -648,8 +648,6 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 		control->intercept_cr_write &= ~(INTERCEPT_CR0_MASK|
 						 INTERCEPT_CR3_MASK);
 		save->g_pat = 0x0007040600070406ULL;
-		/* enable caching because the QEMU Bios doesn't enable it */
-		save->cr0 = X86_CR0_ET;
 		save->cr3 = 0;
 		save->cr4 = 0;
 	}