diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 07299a957d4a..efaca09455bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -663,43 +663,15 @@ void loaded_vmcs_init(struct loaded_vmcs *loaded_vmcs)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
-/*
- * This bitmap is used to indicate whether the vmclear
- * operation is enabled on all cpus. All disabled by
- * default.
- */
-static cpumask_t crash_vmclear_enabled_bitmap = CPU_MASK_NONE;
-
-static inline void crash_enable_local_vmclear(int cpu)
-{
-	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &crash_vmclear_enabled_bitmap);
-}
-
-static inline void crash_disable_local_vmclear(int cpu)
-{
-	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &crash_vmclear_enabled_bitmap);
-}
-
-static inline int crash_local_vmclear_enabled(int cpu)
-{
-	return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &crash_vmclear_enabled_bitmap);
-}
-
 static void crash_vmclear_local_loaded_vmcss(void)
 {
 	int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 	struct loaded_vmcs *v;
 
-	if (!crash_local_vmclear_enabled(cpu))
-		return;
-
 	list_for_each_entry(v, &per_cpu(loaded_vmcss_on_cpu, cpu),
 			    loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link)
 		vmcs_clear(v->vmcs);
 }
-#else
-static inline void crash_enable_local_vmclear(int cpu) { }
-static inline void crash_disable_local_vmclear(int cpu) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
 
 static void __loaded_vmcs_clear(void *arg)
@@ -711,19 +683,24 @@ static void __loaded_vmcs_clear(void *arg)
 		return; /* vcpu migration can race with cpu offline */
 	if (per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) == loaded_vmcs->vmcs)
 		per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) = NULL;
-	crash_disable_local_vmclear(cpu);
+
+	vmcs_clear(loaded_vmcs->vmcs);
+	if (loaded_vmcs->shadow_vmcs && loaded_vmcs->launched)
+		vmcs_clear(loaded_vmcs->shadow_vmcs);
+
 	list_del(&loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link);
 
 	/*
-	 * we should ensure updating loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link
-	 * is before setting loaded_vmcs->vcpu to -1 which is done in
-	 * loaded_vmcs_init. Otherwise, other cpu can see vcpu = -1 fist
-	 * then adds the vmcs into percpu list before it is deleted.
+	 * Ensure all writes to loaded_vmcs, including deleting it from its
+	 * current percpu list, complete before setting loaded_vmcs->vcpu to
+	 * -1, otherwise a different cpu can see vcpu == -1 first and add
+	 * loaded_vmcs to its percpu list before it's deleted from this cpu's
+	 * list. Pairs with the smp_rmb() in vmx_vcpu_load_vmcs().
 	 */
 	smp_wmb();
 
-	loaded_vmcs_init(loaded_vmcs);
-	crash_enable_local_vmclear(cpu);
+	loaded_vmcs->cpu = -1;
+	loaded_vmcs->launched = 0;
 }
 
 void loaded_vmcs_clear(struct loaded_vmcs *loaded_vmcs)
@@ -1342,18 +1319,17 @@ void vmx_vcpu_load_vmcs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 	if (!already_loaded) {
 		loaded_vmcs_clear(vmx->loaded_vmcs);
 		local_irq_disable();
-		crash_disable_local_vmclear(cpu);
 
 		/*
-		 * Read loaded_vmcs->cpu should be before fetching
-		 * loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link.
-		 * See the comments in __loaded_vmcs_clear().
+		 * Ensure loaded_vmcs->cpu is read before adding loaded_vmcs to
+		 * this cpu's percpu list, otherwise it may not yet be deleted
+		 * from its previous cpu's percpu list.  Pairs with the
+		 * smb_wmb() in __loaded_vmcs_clear().
 		 */
 		smp_rmb();
 
 		list_add(&vmx->loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link,
 			 &per_cpu(loaded_vmcss_on_cpu, cpu));
-		crash_enable_local_vmclear(cpu);
 		local_irq_enable();
 	}
 
@@ -2279,17 +2255,6 @@ static int hardware_enable(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu, cpu));
 	spin_lock_init(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
 
-	/*
-	 * Now we can enable the vmclear operation in kdump
-	 * since the loaded_vmcss_on_cpu list on this cpu
-	 * has been initialized.
-	 *
-	 * Though the cpu is not in VMX operation now, there
-	 * is no problem to enable the vmclear operation
-	 * for the loaded_vmcss_on_cpu list is empty!
-	 */
-	crash_enable_local_vmclear(cpu);
-
 	kvm_cpu_vmxon(phys_addr);
 	if (enable_ept)
 		ept_sync_global();