diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 535fd566a3a2..307f81635b6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2178,9 +2178,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_lapic_set_eoi);
 /* emulate APIC access in a trap manner */
 void kvm_apic_write_nodecode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 offset)
 {
-	u32 val = 0;
-
-	kvm_lapic_reg_read(vcpu->arch.apic, offset, 4, &val);
+	u32 val = kvm_lapic_get_reg(vcpu->arch.apic, offset);
 
 	/* TODO: optimize to just emulate side effect w/o one more write */
 	kvm_lapic_reg_write(vcpu->arch.apic, offset, val);