diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 3418bb18dae7feff8a3c831c505a6c7ecc266f77..7166aec97ffb6c84f0bee688d2ea55e0e8207885 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -1127,9 +1127,6 @@ void sev_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 int __init sev_hardware_setup(void)
 {
-	struct sev_user_data_status *status;
-	int rc;
-
 	/* Maximum number of encrypted guests supported simultaneously */
 	max_sev_asid = cpuid_ecx(0x8000001F);
 
@@ -1148,26 +1145,9 @@ int __init sev_hardware_setup(void)
 	if (!sev_reclaim_asid_bitmap)
 		return 1;
 
-	status = kmalloc(sizeof(*status), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!status)
-		return 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check SEV platform status.
-	 *
-	 * PLATFORM_STATUS can be called in any state, if we failed to query
-	 * the PLATFORM status then either PSP firmware does not support SEV
-	 * feature or SEV firmware is dead.
-	 */
-	rc = sev_platform_status(status, NULL);
-	if (rc)
-		goto err;
-
 	pr_info("SEV supported\n");
 
-err:
-	kfree(status);
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void sev_hardware_teardown(void)