diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index e9444e202c33..cb3c86014adb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -5580,8 +5580,7 @@ static inline void sync_lapic_to_cr8(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
 	u64 cr8;
 
-	if (svm_nested_virtualize_tpr(vcpu) ||
-	    kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu))
+	if (svm_nested_virtualize_tpr(vcpu))
 		return;
 
 	cr8 = kvm_get_cr8(vcpu);