diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 27b233eff6e5..c5193bb56bfe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -616,9 +616,14 @@ static bool mmu_spte_age(u64 *sptep)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_tdp_mmu_active(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return tdp_mmu_enabled && vcpu->arch.mmu->root_role.direct;
+}
+
 static void walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	if (is_tdp_mmu(vcpu->arch.mmu)) {
+	if (is_tdp_mmu_active(vcpu)) {
 		kvm_tdp_mmu_walk_lockless_begin();
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -637,7 +642,7 @@ static void walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static void walk_shadow_page_lockless_end(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	if (is_tdp_mmu(vcpu->arch.mmu)) {
+	if (is_tdp_mmu_active(vcpu)) {
 		kvm_tdp_mmu_walk_lockless_end();
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -4043,7 +4048,7 @@ static bool get_mmio_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 addr, u64 *sptep)
 
 	walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin(vcpu);
 
-	if (is_tdp_mmu(vcpu->arch.mmu))
+	if (is_tdp_mmu_active(vcpu))
 		leaf = kvm_tdp_mmu_get_walk(vcpu, addr, sptes, &root);
 	else
 		leaf = get_walk(vcpu, addr, sptes, &root);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
index e4ab2dac269d..0a63b1afabd3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
@@ -72,26 +72,8 @@ u64 *kvm_tdp_mmu_fast_pf_get_last_sptep(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 addr,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 static inline bool is_tdp_mmu_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp) { return sp->tdp_mmu_page; }
-
-static inline bool is_tdp_mmu(struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
-{
-	struct kvm_mmu_page *sp;
-	hpa_t hpa = mmu->root.hpa;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!VALID_PAGE(hpa)))
-		return false;
-
-	/*
-	 * A NULL shadow page is legal when shadowing a non-paging guest with
-	 * PAE paging, as the MMU will be direct with root_hpa pointing at the
-	 * pae_root page, not a shadow page.
-	 */
-	sp = to_shadow_page(hpa);
-	return sp && is_tdp_mmu_page(sp) && sp->root_count;
-}
 #else
 static inline bool is_tdp_mmu_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp) { return false; }
-static inline bool is_tdp_mmu(struct kvm_mmu *mmu) { return false; }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KVM_X86_MMU_TDP_MMU_H */