diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 739be5da3bca..fe03bd978761 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -208,30 +208,6 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_mmu_after_set_cpuid(vcpu);
 }
 
-static int is_efer_nx(void)
-{
-	return host_efer & EFER_NX;
-}
-
-static void cpuid_fix_nx_cap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *e, *entry;
-
-	entry = NULL;
-	for (i = 0; i < vcpu->arch.cpuid_nent; ++i) {
-		e = &vcpu->arch.cpuid_entries[i];
-		if (e->function == 0x80000001) {
-			entry = e;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (entry && cpuid_entry_has(entry, X86_FEATURE_NX) && !is_efer_nx()) {
-		cpuid_entry_clear(entry, X86_FEATURE_NX);
-		printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: guest NX capability removed\n");
-	}
-}
-
 int cpuid_query_maxphyaddr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
@@ -302,7 +278,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	vcpu->arch.cpuid_entries = e2;
 	vcpu->arch.cpuid_nent = cpuid->nent;
 
-	cpuid_fix_nx_cap(vcpu);
 	kvm_update_cpuid_runtime(vcpu);
 	kvm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(vcpu);
 
@@ -401,7 +376,6 @@ static __always_inline void kvm_cpu_cap_mask(enum cpuid_leafs leaf, u32 mask)
 
 void kvm_set_cpu_caps(void)
 {
-	unsigned int f_nx = is_efer_nx() ? F(NX) : 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	unsigned int f_gbpages = F(GBPAGES);
 	unsigned int f_lm = F(LM);
@@ -515,7 +489,7 @@ void kvm_set_cpu_caps(void)
 		F(CX8) | F(APIC) | 0 /* Reserved */ | F(SYSCALL) |
 		F(MTRR) | F(PGE) | F(MCA) | F(CMOV) |
 		F(PAT) | F(PSE36) | 0 /* Reserved */ |
-		f_nx | 0 /* Reserved */ | F(MMXEXT) | F(MMX) |
+		F(NX) | 0 /* Reserved */ | F(MMXEXT) | F(MMX) |
 		F(FXSR) | F(FXSR_OPT) | f_gbpages | F(RDTSCP) |
 		0 /* Reserved */ | f_lm | F(3DNOWEXT) | F(3DNOW)
 	);