diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index ff07c45e3c73..aa030fbd669d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -2097,9 +2097,6 @@ void kvm_zap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn_start, gfn_t gfn_end);
 
 int load_pdptrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3);
 
-int emulator_write_phys(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
-			  const void *val, int bytes);
-
 extern bool tdp_enabled;
 
 u64 vcpu_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index abc4ec06c548..0195b77710e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8101,18 +8101,6 @@ static int vcpu_mmio_gva_to_gpa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long gva,
 	return vcpu_is_mmio_gpa(vcpu, gva, *gpa, write);
 }
 
-int emulator_write_phys(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
-			const void *val, int bytes)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = kvm_vcpu_write_guest(vcpu, gpa, val, bytes);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return 0;
-	kvm_page_track_write(vcpu, gpa, val, bytes);
-	return 1;
-}
-
 struct read_write_emulator_ops {
 	int (*read_write_emulate)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
 				  void *val, int bytes);
@@ -8130,7 +8118,13 @@ static int read_emulate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
 static int write_emulate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
 			 void *val, int bytes)
 {
-	return emulator_write_phys(vcpu, gpa, val, bytes);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kvm_vcpu_write_guest(vcpu, gpa, val, bytes);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return 0;
+	kvm_page_track_write(vcpu, gpa, val, bytes);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static int emulator_read_write_onepage(unsigned long addr, void *val,