diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 0e6e2dd6265e..e61bb8da9767 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -6371,37 +6371,6 @@ void vmx_update_host_rsp(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, unsigned long host_rsp)
 	}
 }
 
-static void __vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
-{
-	if (static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_should_flush))
-		vmx_l1d_flush(vcpu);
-
-	if (vcpu->arch.cr2 != read_cr2())
-		write_cr2(vcpu->arch.cr2);
-
-	asm(
-		"call ____vmx_vcpu_run \n\t"
-	      : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT, "=b"(vmx->fail),
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-		"=D"((int){0}), "=S"((int){0})
-	      : "D"(vmx), "S"(&vcpu->arch.regs),
-#else
-		"=a"((int){0}), "=d"((int){0})
-	      : "a"(vmx), "d"(&vcpu->arch.regs),
-#endif
-		"b"(vmx->loaded_vmcs->launched)
-	      : "cc", "memory"
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-		, "rax", "rcx", "rdx"
-		, "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15"
-#else
-		, "ecx", "edi", "esi"
-#endif
-	      );
-
-	vcpu->arch.cr2 = read_cr2();
-}
-
 static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
@@ -6469,7 +6438,33 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 */
 	x86_spec_ctrl_set_guest(vmx->spec_ctrl, 0);
 
-	__vmx_vcpu_run(vcpu, vmx);
+	if (static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_should_flush))
+		vmx_l1d_flush(vcpu);
+
+	if (vcpu->arch.cr2 != read_cr2())
+		write_cr2(vcpu->arch.cr2);
+
+	asm(
+		"call ____vmx_vcpu_run \n\t"
+	      : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT, "=b"(vmx->fail),
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+		"=D"((int){0}), "=S"((int){0})
+	      : "D"(vmx), "S"(&vcpu->arch.regs),
+#else
+		"=a"((int){0}), "=d"((int){0})
+	      : "a"(vmx), "d"(&vcpu->arch.regs),
+#endif
+		"b"(vmx->loaded_vmcs->launched)
+	      : "cc", "memory"
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+		, "rax", "rcx", "rdx"
+		, "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15"
+#else
+		, "ecx", "edi", "esi"
+#endif
+	      );
+
+	vcpu->arch.cr2 = read_cr2();
 
 	/*
 	 * We do not use IBRS in the kernel. If this vCPU has used the