diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 306a11460633..0f4c94605584 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8929,7 +8929,6 @@ static void vmx_handle_external_intr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			[ss]"i"(__KERNEL_DS),
 			[cs]"i"(__KERNEL_CS)
 			);
-		vcpu->arch.l1tf_flush_l1d = true;
 	}
 }
 STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(vmx_handle_external_intr);