diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 7448d0b744c9..992bc1058170 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1188,7 +1188,6 @@ void kvm_mmu_module_exit(void);
 
 void kvm_mmu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-void kvm_mmu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_mmu_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_mmu_uninit_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(u64 user_mask, u64 accessed_mask,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index bf9e3145ff0b..dd147fa5b3f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -5442,18 +5442,6 @@ int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return alloc_mmu_pages(vcpu);
 }
 
-void kvm_mmu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	MMU_WARN_ON(VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa));
-
-	/*
-	 * kvm_mmu_setup() is called only on vCPU initialization.  
-	 * Therefore, no need to reset mmu roots as they are not yet
-	 * initialized.
-	 */
-	kvm_init_mmu(vcpu, false);
-}
-
 static void kvm_mmu_invalidate_zap_pages_in_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 			struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 			struct kvm_page_track_notifier_node *node)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a87e879373fe..2750270b7a39 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8484,7 +8484,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_vcpu_mtrr_init(vcpu);
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 	kvm_vcpu_reset(vcpu, false);
-	kvm_mmu_setup(vcpu);
+	kvm_init_mmu(vcpu, false);
 	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 	return 0;
 }