diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
index f71f0858a1f29c334f877b9c3a9ca508b9d23941..838f946700f0c0f4d8df93fdead38a9c79338f00 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static void guest_code(uint32_t vcpu_id)
 	for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
 		uint64_t addr = gva + (i * perf_test_args.guest_page_size);
 
-		addr &= ~(perf_test_args.host_page_size - 1);
 		*(uint64_t *)addr = 0x0123456789ABCDEF;
 	}