diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
index bcf41d6e0df0e3..2707a51b082ca7 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
@@ -391,19 +391,9 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_read_hpm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int csr_num,
 static void kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_pmu *kvpmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
-	int snapshot_area_size = sizeof(struct riscv_pmu_snapshot_data);
 
-	if (kvpmu->sdata) {
-		if (kvpmu->snapshot_addr != INVALID_GPA) {
-			memset(kvpmu->sdata, 0, snapshot_area_size);
-			kvm_vcpu_write_guest(vcpu, kvpmu->snapshot_addr,
-					     kvpmu->sdata, snapshot_area_size);
-		} else {
-			pr_warn("snapshot address invalid\n");
-		}
-		kfree(kvpmu->sdata);
-		kvpmu->sdata = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(kvpmu->sdata);
+	kvpmu->sdata = NULL;
 	kvpmu->snapshot_addr = INVALID_GPA;
 }