diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index b3a41645e157..7b55dc6230a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3085,10 +3085,7 @@ void vmx_load_mmu_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long pgd)
 			spin_unlock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
 		}
 
-		/* Loading vmcs02.GUEST_CR3 is handled by nested VM-Enter. */
-		if (is_guest_mode(vcpu))
-			update_guest_cr3 = false;
-		else if (!enable_unrestricted_guest && !is_paging(vcpu))
+		if (!enable_unrestricted_guest && !is_paging(vcpu))
 			guest_cr3 = to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_identity_map_addr;
 		else if (test_bit(VCPU_EXREG_CR3, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail))
 			guest_cr3 = vcpu->arch.cr3;