diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index c941abe800ef..62f7a395717d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -5126,8 +5126,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	case 0x40 ... 0x4f:	/* cmov */
 		if (test_cc(ctxt->b, ctxt->eflags))
 			ctxt->dst.val = ctxt->src.val;
-		else if (ctxt->mode != X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 ||
-			 ctxt->op_bytes != 4)
+		else if (ctxt->op_bytes != 4)
 			ctxt->dst.type = OP_NONE; /* no writeback */
 		break;
 	case 0x80 ... 0x8f: /* jnz rel, etc*/