diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 3bb2c4302df1f8..062feb4eb47840 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1415,28 +1415,11 @@ end_repeat_nmi:
 	 */
 	call	paranoid_entry
 
-	/*
-	 * Save off the CR2 register. If we take a page fault in the NMI then
-	 * it could corrupt the CR2 value. If the NMI preempts a page fault
-	 * handler before it was able to read the CR2 register, and then the
-	 * NMI itself takes a page fault, the page fault that was preempted
-	 * will read the information from the NMI page fault and not the
-	 * origin fault. Save it off and restore it if it changes.
-	 * Use the r12 callee-saved register.
-	 */
-	movq	%cr2, %r12
-
 	/* paranoidentry do_nmi, 0; without TRACE_IRQS_OFF */
 	movq	%rsp, %rdi
 	movq	$-1, %rsi
 	call	do_nmi
 
-	/* Did the NMI take a page fault? Restore cr2 if it did */
-	movq	%cr2, %rcx
-	cmpq	%rcx, %r12
-	je	1f
-	movq	%r12, %cr2
-1:
 	testl	%ebx, %ebx			/* swapgs needed? */
 	jnz	nmi_restore
 nmi_swapgs: