diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/exit.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/exit.c
index c8492670f169..8572b63478bb 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/exit.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/exit.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ static unsigned long kvm_emu_xchg_csr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int csrid,
 		old = kvm_read_sw_gcsr(csr, csrid);
 		val = (old & ~csr_mask) | (val & csr_mask);
 		kvm_write_sw_gcsr(csr, csrid, val);
-		old = old & csr_mask;
 	} else
 		pr_warn_once("Unsupported csrxchg 0x%x with pc %lx\n", csrid, vcpu->arch.pc);