diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index cb8db727edad..fc39dfc04fca 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1800,13 +1800,6 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			change != KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* In protected mode, cannot modify memslots once a VM has run. */
-	if (is_protected_kvm_enabled() &&
-	    (change == KVM_MR_DELETE || change == KVM_MR_MOVE) &&
-	    kvm->arch.pkvm.shadow_handle) {
-		return -EPERM;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Prevent userspace from creating a memory region outside of the IPA
 	 * space addressable by the KVM guest IPA space.
@@ -1876,10 +1869,6 @@ void kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 	gpa_t gpa = slot->base_gfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	phys_addr_t size = slot->npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	/* Stage-2 is managed by hyp in protected mode. */
-	if (is_protected_kvm_enabled())
-		return;
-
 	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	unmap_stage2_range(&kvm->arch.mmu, gpa, size);
 	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);