diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 6d6473c170a4..10434cf402de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -667,10 +667,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	bool pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request;
 
 	struct {
+		u8 preempted;
 		u64 msr_val;
 		u64 last_steal;
-		struct gfn_to_hva_cache stime;
-		struct kvm_steal_time steal;
 		struct gfn_to_pfn_cache cache;
 	} st;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 072ea5eb466c..9cc86d7b2d60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2616,7 +2616,7 @@ static void record_steal_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (xchg(&st->preempted, 0) & KVM_VCPU_FLUSH_TLB)
 		kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(vcpu, false);
 
-	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = 0;
+	vcpu->arch.st.preempted = 0;
 
 	if (st->version & 1)
 		st->version += 1;  /* first time write, random junk */
@@ -2786,11 +2786,6 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		if (data & KVM_STEAL_RESERVED_MASK)
 			return 1;
 
-		if (kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.st.stime,
-						data & KVM_STEAL_VALID_BITS,
-						sizeof(struct kvm_steal_time)))
-			return 1;
-
 		vcpu->arch.st.msr_val = data;
 
 		if (!(data & KVM_MSR_ENABLED))
@@ -3504,7 +3499,7 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!(vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED))
 		return;
 
-	if (vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted)
+	if (vcpu->arch.st.preempted)
 		return;
 
 	if (kvm_map_gfn(vcpu, vcpu->arch.st.msr_val >> PAGE_SHIFT, &map,
@@ -3514,7 +3509,7 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	st = map.hva +
 		offset_in_page(vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_STEAL_VALID_BITS);
 
-	st->preempted = vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED;
+	st->preempted = vcpu->arch.st.preempted = KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED;
 
 	kvm_unmap_gfn(vcpu, &map, &vcpu->arch.st.cache, true, true);
 }