diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index fdf1c14d9205..9f50ceef9978 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -438,8 +438,9 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	struct kvm_run *run = vcpu->run;
 	int r = -EINTR;
 
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index e15166b0a16d..7e24691e138a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -1764,8 +1764,9 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_one_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 	return r;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	struct kvm_run *run = vcpu->run;
 	int r;
 
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 5307929a6c89..75471b646fd7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -4333,8 +4333,9 @@ static void store_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
 		store_regs_fmt2(vcpu, kvm_run);
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	struct kvm_run *kvm_run = vcpu->run;
 	int rc;
 
 	if (kvm_run->immediate_exit)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 8d9bcd5faac5..59958ce2b681 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8710,8 +8710,9 @@ static void kvm_put_guest_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	trace_kvm_fpu(0);
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	struct kvm_run *kvm_run = vcpu->run;
 	int r;
 
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
@@ -8729,18 +8730,18 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
 		r = -EAGAIN;
 		if (signal_pending(current)) {
 			r = -EINTR;
-			vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTR;
+			kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTR;
 			++vcpu->stat.signal_exits;
 		}
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (vcpu->run->kvm_valid_regs & ~KVM_SYNC_X86_VALID_FIELDS) {
+	if (kvm_run->kvm_valid_regs & ~KVM_SYNC_X86_VALID_FIELDS) {
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (vcpu->run->kvm_dirty_regs) {
+	if (kvm_run->kvm_dirty_regs) {
 		r = sync_regs(vcpu);
 		if (r != 0)
 			goto out;
@@ -8770,7 +8771,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
 
 out:
 	kvm_put_guest_fpu(vcpu);
-	if (vcpu->run->kvm_valid_regs)
+	if (kvm_run->kvm_valid_regs)
 		store_regs(vcpu);
 	post_kvm_run_save(vcpu);
 	kvm_sigset_deactivate(vcpu);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 7d4f1eb70274..5285a5568208 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_mpstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				    struct kvm_mp_state *mp_state);
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 					struct kvm_guest_debug *dbg);
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run);
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque);
 void kvm_arch_exit(void);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
index 48d0ec44ad77..f5390ac2165b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
@@ -639,7 +639,6 @@ static void check_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 /**
  * kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run - the main VCPU run function to execute guest code
  * @vcpu:	The VCPU pointer
- * @run:	The kvm_run structure pointer used for userspace state exchange
  *
  * This function is called through the VCPU_RUN ioctl called from user space. It
  * will execute VM code in a loop until the time slice for the process is used
@@ -647,8 +646,9 @@ static void check_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
  * return with return value 0 and with the kvm_run structure filled in with the
  * required data for the requested emulation.
  */
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	struct kvm_run *run = vcpu->run;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!kvm_vcpu_initialized(vcpu)))
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_MMIO) {
-		ret = kvm_handle_mmio_return(vcpu, vcpu->run);
+		ret = kvm_handle_mmio_return(vcpu, run);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 8aa577db131e..e2f60e313c87 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3129,7 +3129,7 @@ static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 				synchronize_rcu();
 			put_pid(oldpid);
 		}
-		r = kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(vcpu, vcpu->run);
+		r = kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(vcpu);
 		trace_kvm_userspace_exit(vcpu->run->exit_reason, r);
 		break;
 	}