diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
index 7c0b094613496..fcda5abc7dc0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
@@ -310,12 +310,7 @@ static inline bool __is_bad_mt_xwr(struct rsvd_bits_validate *rsvd_check,
 static __always_inline bool is_rsvd_spte(struct rsvd_bits_validate *rsvd_check,
 					 u64 spte, int level)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Use a bitwise-OR instead of a logical-OR to aggregate the reserved
-	 * bits and EPT's invalid memtype/XWR checks to avoid an extra Jcc
-	 * (this is extremely unlikely to be short-circuited as true).
-	 */
-	return __is_bad_mt_xwr(rsvd_check, spte) |
+	return __is_bad_mt_xwr(rsvd_check, spte) ||
 	       __is_rsvd_bits_set(rsvd_check, spte, level);
 }