diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index 92509041b954..71244bf87c3a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -280,24 +280,19 @@ static inline void dump_handler(const char *symbol, void *start, void *end)
 	pr_debug("\tEND(%s)\n", symbol);
 }
 
-static void kvm_mips_comparecount_func(unsigned long data)
-{
-	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = (struct kvm_vcpu *)data;
-
-	kvm_mips_callbacks->queue_timer_int(vcpu);
-
-	vcpu->arch.wait = 0;
-	if (swq_has_sleeper(&vcpu->wq))
-		swake_up_one(&vcpu->wq);
-}
-
 /* low level hrtimer wake routine */
 static enum hrtimer_restart kvm_mips_comparecount_wakeup(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 
 	vcpu = container_of(timer, struct kvm_vcpu, arch.comparecount_timer);
-	kvm_mips_comparecount_func((unsigned long) vcpu);
+
+	kvm_mips_callbacks->queue_timer_int(vcpu);
+
+	vcpu->arch.wait = 0;
+	if (swq_has_sleeper(&vcpu->wq))
+		swake_up_one(&vcpu->wq);
+
 	return kvm_mips_count_timeout(vcpu);
 }