diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index e720dee4d30b..8ab96965bf28 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)
 void
 x86_virt_spec_ctrl(u64 guest_spec_ctrl, u64 guest_virt_spec_ctrl, bool setguest)
 {
-	u64 msrval, guestval, hostval = x86_spec_ctrl_base;
+	u64 msrval, guestval, hostval = spec_ctrl_current();
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 
 	/* Is MSR_SPEC_CTRL implemented ? */
@@ -211,15 +211,6 @@ x86_virt_spec_ctrl(u64 guest_spec_ctrl, u64 guest_virt_spec_ctrl, bool setguest)
 		guestval = hostval & ~x86_spec_ctrl_mask;
 		guestval |= guest_spec_ctrl & x86_spec_ctrl_mask;
 
-		/* SSBD controlled in MSR_SPEC_CTRL */
-		if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL_SSBD) ||
-		    static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD))
-			hostval |= ssbd_tif_to_spec_ctrl(ti->flags);
-
-		/* Conditional STIBP enabled? */
-		if (static_branch_unlikely(&switch_to_cond_stibp))
-			hostval |= stibp_tif_to_spec_ctrl(ti->flags);
-
 		if (hostval != guestval) {
 			msrval = setguest ? guestval : hostval;
 			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, msrval);
@@ -1274,7 +1265,6 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
 		pr_err(SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS_EBPF_MSG);
 
 	if (spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(mode)) {
-		/* Force it so VMEXIT will restore correctly */
 		x86_spec_ctrl_base |= SPEC_CTRL_IBRS;
 		write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base, true);
 	}