diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 52450a6b784f..88ca456ccd68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -115,20 +115,6 @@ static unsigned FNAME(gpte_access)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, pt_element_t gpte)
 	return access;
 }
 
-static int FNAME(read_gpte)(pt_element_t *pte, pt_element_t __user *ptep_user)
-{
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && (PTTYPE == 64)
-	u32 *p = (u32 *)pte;
-	u32 __user *p_user = (u32 __user *)ptep_user;
-
-	if (unlikely(get_user(*p, p_user)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return get_user(*(p + 1), p_user + 1);
-#else
-	return get_user(*pte, ptep_user);
-#endif
-}
-
 /*
  * Fetch a guest pte for a guest virtual address
  */
@@ -199,7 +185,7 @@ static int FNAME(walk_addr_generic)(struct guest_walker *walker,
 		}
 
 		ptep_user = (pt_element_t __user *)((void *)host_addr + offset);
-		if (unlikely(FNAME(read_gpte)(&pte, ptep_user))) {
+		if (unlikely(copy_from_user(&pte, ptep_user, sizeof(pte)))) {
 			present = false;
 			break;
 		}