diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index e3e37228ae4e..1a5bea4285e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -965,6 +965,10 @@ static bool access_pmuserenr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
 	return true;
 }
 
+#define reg_to_encoding(x)						\
+	sys_reg((u32)(x)->Op0, (u32)(x)->Op1,				\
+		(u32)(x)->CRn, (u32)(x)->CRm, (u32)(x)->Op2);
+
 /* Silly macro to expand the DBG{BCR,BVR,WVR,WCR}n_EL1 registers in one go */
 #define DBG_BCR_BVR_WCR_WVR_EL1(n)					\
 	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_DBGBVRn_EL1(n)),					\
@@ -1820,30 +1824,19 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc *get_target_table(unsigned target,
 	}
 }
 
-#define reg_to_match_value(x)						\
-	({								\
-		unsigned long val;					\
-		val  = (x)->Op0 << 14;					\
-		val |= (x)->Op1 << 11;					\
-		val |= (x)->CRn << 7;					\
-		val |= (x)->CRm << 3;					\
-		val |= (x)->Op2;					\
-		val;							\
-	 })
-
 static int match_sys_reg(const void *key, const void *elt)
 {
 	const unsigned long pval = (unsigned long)key;
 	const struct sys_reg_desc *r = elt;
 
-	return pval - reg_to_match_value(r);
+	return pval - reg_to_encoding(r);
 }
 
 static const struct sys_reg_desc *find_reg(const struct sys_reg_params *params,
 					 const struct sys_reg_desc table[],
 					 unsigned int num)
 {
-	unsigned long pval = reg_to_match_value(params);
+	unsigned long pval = reg_to_encoding(params);
 
 	return bsearch((void *)pval, table, num, sizeof(table[0]), match_sys_reg);
 }