diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index c2c14059f6a8..3f844934b9f3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1212,8 +1212,7 @@ static bool kvm_vcpu_init_changed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	unsigned long features = init->features[0];
 
-	return !bitmap_equal(vcpu->arch.features, &features, KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES) ||
-			vcpu->arch.target != init->target;
+	return !bitmap_equal(vcpu->arch.features, &features, KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES);
 }
 
 static int __kvm_vcpu_set_target(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,