diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index bf7b4ffafab82..064bcb32d84e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -106,10 +106,8 @@ static unsigned FNAME(gpte_access)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, pt_element_t gpte)
 	unsigned access;
 
 	access = (gpte & (PT_WRITABLE_MASK | PT_USER_MASK)) | ACC_EXEC_MASK;
-
 #if PTTYPE == 64
-	if (vcpu->arch.mmu.nx)
-		access &= ~(gpte >> PT64_NX_SHIFT);
+	access &= ~(gpte >> PT64_NX_SHIFT);
 #endif
 	return access;
 }