diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index afa7bbb596cd..967e459ff1e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -846,12 +846,6 @@ void kvm_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 *eax, u32 *ebx, u32 *ecx, u32 *edx)
 	if (!best)
 		best = check_cpuid_limit(vcpu, function, index);
 
-	/*
-	 * Perfmon not yet supported for L2 guest.
-	 */
-	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && function == 0xa)
-		best = NULL;
-
 	if (best) {
 		*eax = best->eax;
 		*ebx = best->ebx;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 43b55ef82bac..980133079949 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8051,8 +8051,6 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_handled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	case EXIT_REASON_TASK_SWITCH:
 		return true;
 	case EXIT_REASON_CPUID:
-		if (kvm_register_read(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RAX) == 0xa)
-			return false;
 		return true;
 	case EXIT_REASON_HLT:
 		return nested_cpu_has(vmcs12, CPU_BASED_HLT_EXITING);