diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 8fcfab0c25672..1b8a3d8252765 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #define __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_INTC_INITIALIZED
 
-#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 512
 #define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 500000
 
 #include <kvm/arm_vgic.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 24f3d0f9996b1..3a5612e7304cf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 
 
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS		16
-#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS	16
 /* memory slots that does not exposed to userspace */
 #define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS	0
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index d67a470e95a35..2b9b6855ec864 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS		NR_CPUS
 #define KVM_MAX_VCORES		NR_CPUS
-#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS	512
 
 #include <asm/cputhreads.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 74f9a036bab2c..6bcfc5614bbc5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #define KVM_S390_BSCA_CPU_SLOTS 64
 #define KVM_S390_ESCA_CPU_SLOTS 248
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 255
-#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 32
 
 /*
  * These seem to be used for allocating ->chip in the routing table, which we
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index c451412a62303..b6de568e74763 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 288
 #define KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS 240
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID 1023
-#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 509
 /* memory slots that are not exposed to userspace */
 #define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 3
-#define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM (KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
 
 #define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 200000
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index f417447129b9c..e126ebda36d0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -425,9 +425,8 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_table {
 #define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 0
 #endif
 
-#ifndef KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM
-#define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM (KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
-#endif
+#define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM SHRT_MAX
+#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS (KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM - KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
 
 #ifndef __KVM_VCPU_MULTIPLE_ADDRESS_SPACE
 static inline int kvm_arch_vcpu_memslots_id(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)