diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 81c287fad79d6370d0d697d5ddf33b8af756a036..6e7cce096e6bce7a2aaa998ed73ec1a2eda46d16 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1178,9 +1178,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
 			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
 
-	kvm.oos_shadow=	[KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging.
-			Default is 1 (enabled)
-
 	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
 			KVM MMU at runtime.
 			Default is 0 (off)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 262a3af1f0ec8bfa084c7a7a4b63d7a77536ec9b..b1178d1bb8f5ae533d05cb8f7df1c1a621926516 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ static int dbg = 0;
 module_param(dbg, bool, 0644);
 #endif
 
-static int oos_shadow = 1;
-module_param(oos_shadow, bool, 0644);
-
 #ifndef MMU_DEBUG
 #define ASSERT(x) do { } while (0)
 #else
@@ -2196,8 +2193,6 @@ static int mmu_need_write_protect(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn,
 			return 1;
 
 		if (!need_unsync && !s->unsync) {
-			if (!oos_shadow)
-				return 1;
 			need_unsync = true;
 		}
 	}