diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 0a67c40eece9..a0907795f31d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -523,19 +523,14 @@ static int kvm_s390_set_tod_low(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *cur_vcpu;
 	unsigned int vcpu_idx;
-	u64 host_tod, gtod;
-	int r;
+	u64 gtod;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&gtod, (void __user *)attr->addr, sizeof(gtod)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	r = store_tod_clock(&host_tod);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
-
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	preempt_disable();
-	kvm->arch.epoch = gtod - host_tod;
+	kvm->arch.epoch = gtod - get_tod_clock();
 	kvm_s390_vcpu_block_all(kvm);
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(vcpu_idx, cur_vcpu, kvm)
 		cur_vcpu->arch.sie_block->epoch = kvm->arch.epoch;
@@ -581,15 +576,10 @@ static int kvm_s390_get_tod_high(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 
 static int kvm_s390_get_tod_low(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 {
-	u64 host_tod, gtod;
-	int r;
-
-	r = store_tod_clock(&host_tod);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
+	u64 gtod;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	gtod = host_tod + kvm->arch.epoch;
+	gtod = get_tod_clock() + kvm->arch.epoch;
 	preempt_enable();
 	if (copy_to_user((void __user *)attr->addr, &gtod, sizeof(gtod)))
 		return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
index 4d21dc4d1a84..b253de5b8945 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 static int handle_set_clock(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *cpup;
-	s64 hostclk, val;
+	s64 val;
 	int i, rc;
 	ar_t ar;
 	u64 op2;
@@ -49,15 +49,11 @@ static int handle_set_clock(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (rc)
 		return kvm_s390_inject_prog_cond(vcpu, rc);
 
-	if (store_tod_clock(&hostclk)) {
-		kvm_s390_set_psw_cc(vcpu, 3);
-		return 0;
-	}
 	VCPU_EVENT(vcpu, 3, "SCK: setting guest TOD to 0x%llx", val);
-	val = (val - hostclk) & ~0x3fUL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
 	preempt_disable();
+	val = (val - get_tod_clock()) & ~0x3fUL;
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, cpup, vcpu->kvm)
 		cpup->arch.sie_block->epoch = val;
 	preempt_enable();