diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 03fdeab057d2..c8e18144ecf2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -4492,8 +4492,6 @@ static void svm_set_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
 
-	BUG_ON(!(gif_set(svm)));
-
 	trace_kvm_inj_virq(vcpu->arch.interrupt.nr);
 	++vcpu->stat.irq_injections;