diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index e77b8ee28df87..47f4aa6097788 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -1118,11 +1118,9 @@ static int nested_vmx_load_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3, bool ne
 	 * must not be dereferenced.
 	 */
 	if (!nested_ept && is_pae_paging(vcpu) &&
-	    (cr3 != kvm_read_cr3(vcpu) || pdptrs_changed(vcpu))) {
-		if (CC(!load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu, cr3))) {
-			*entry_failure_code = ENTRY_FAIL_PDPTE;
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
+	    CC(!load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu, cr3))) {
+		*entry_failure_code = ENTRY_FAIL_PDPTE;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/*