diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index cf7fe835c4ad..c844def6dd95 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -791,7 +791,6 @@ struct kvm {
 	/* The current active memslot set for each address space */
 	struct kvm_memslots __rcu *memslots[KVM_MAX_NR_ADDRESS_SPACES];
 	struct xarray vcpu_array;
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(vcpu_ids, KVM_MAX_VCPU_IDS);
 	/*
 	 * Protected by slots_lock, but can be read outside if an
 	 * incorrect answer is acceptable.
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 0e5b639559ba..02bab6923e03 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -4208,15 +4208,11 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long id)
 	if (kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(kvm, id))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(test_bit(id, kvm->vcpu_ids)))
-		return -EEXIST;
-
 	r = kvm_arch_vcpu_precreate(kvm, id);
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
 	kvm->created_vcpus++;
-	__set_bit(id, kvm->vcpu_ids);
 
 	vcpu = kmem_cache_zalloc(kvm_vcpu_cache, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!vcpu) {
@@ -4299,7 +4295,6 @@ vcpu_free:
 	kmem_cache_free(kvm_vcpu_cache, vcpu);
 vcpu_decrement:
 	kvm->created_vcpus--;
-	__clear_bit(id, kvm->vcpu_ids);
 	return r;
 }