diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 759af6596a07..2ffee3018a3d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1788,10 +1788,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_yield_to(struct kvm_vcpu *target)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!task)
 		return ret;
-	if (task->flags & PF_VCPU) {
-		put_task_struct(task);
-		return ret;
-	}
 	ret = yield_to(task, 1);
 	put_task_struct(task);