diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index cbc5b04..43701f0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -942,24 +942,6 @@
 	int r = -ENOTTY;
 
 	switch (ioctl) {
-	case KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION: {
-		struct kvm_memory_region kvm_mem;
-		struct kvm_userspace_memory_region kvm_userspace_mem;
-
-		r = -EFAULT;
-		if (copy_from_user(&kvm_mem, argp, sizeof kvm_mem))
-			goto out;
-		kvm_userspace_mem.slot = kvm_mem.slot;
-		kvm_userspace_mem.flags = kvm_mem.flags;
-		kvm_userspace_mem.guest_phys_addr =
-					kvm_mem.guest_phys_addr;
-		kvm_userspace_mem.memory_size = kvm_mem.memory_size;
-		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(kvm,
-					&kvm_userspace_mem, false);
-		if (r)
-			goto out;
-		break;
-		}
 	case KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP:
 		r = -EFAULT;
 		r = kvm_ioapic_init(kvm);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 7cc566b..58fb7c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -3694,7 +3694,7 @@
 	kvm_userspace_mem.flags = 0;
 	kvm_userspace_mem.guest_phys_addr = 0xfee00000ULL;
 	kvm_userspace_mem.memory_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, false);
+	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem);
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3724,7 +3724,7 @@
 	kvm_userspace_mem.guest_phys_addr =
 		kvm->arch.ept_identity_map_addr;
 	kvm_userspace_mem.memory_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, false);
+	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem);
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -4364,7 +4364,7 @@
 		.flags = 0,
 	};
 
-	ret = kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &tss_mem, false);
+	ret = kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &tss_mem);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	kvm->arch.tss_addr = addr;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index b4757a1..84a994c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -453,11 +453,9 @@
 }
 
 int kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-			  struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			  bool user_alloc);
+			  struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem);
 int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-			    struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			    bool user_alloc);
+			    struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem);
 void kvm_arch_free_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *free,
 			   struct kvm_memory_slot *dont);
 int kvm_arch_create_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages);
@@ -553,9 +551,7 @@
 				struct kvm_dirty_log *log);
 
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-				   struct
-				   kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   bool user_alloc);
+				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem);
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_irq_line(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irq_level *irq_level);
 long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		       unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index fd30370..5b3e41b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -745,8 +745,7 @@
  * Must be called holding mmap_sem for write.
  */
 int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-			    struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			    bool user_alloc)
+			    struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	int r;
 	gfn_t base_gfn;
@@ -767,7 +766,7 @@
 	if (mem->guest_phys_addr & (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
 		goto out;
 	/* We can read the guest memory with __xxx_user() later on. */
-	if (user_alloc &&
+	if ((mem->slot < KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS) &&
 	    ((mem->userspace_addr & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) ||
 	     !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,
 			(void __user *)(unsigned long)mem->userspace_addr,
@@ -932,26 +931,23 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kvm_set_memory_region);
 
 int kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-			  struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			  bool user_alloc)
+			  struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	int r;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, mem, user_alloc);
+	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, mem);
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	return r;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_set_memory_region);
 
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
-				   struct
-				   kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   bool user_alloc)
+				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
 	if (mem->slot >= KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, mem, user_alloc);
+	return kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, mem);
 }
 
 int kvm_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm,
@@ -2198,7 +2194,7 @@
 						sizeof kvm_userspace_mem))
 			goto out;
 
-		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, true);
+		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem);
 		break;
 	}
 	case KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG: {