diff --git a/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c b/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
index f25977d3f6..e756b0aa43 100644
--- a/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
+++ b/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
@@ -333,10 +333,6 @@ void kvmclock_create(bool create_always)
     X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(first_cpu);
 
     assert(kvm_enabled());
-    if (!kvm_has_adjust_clock()) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (create_always ||
         cpu->env.features[FEAT_KVM] & ((1ULL << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE) |
                                        (1ULL << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2))) {
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
index 42574c2df8..d4bf327fa6 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ const KVMCapabilityInfo kvm_arch_required_capabilities[] = {
     KVM_CAP_INFO(VCPU_EVENTS),
     KVM_CAP_INFO(X86_ROBUST_SINGLESTEP),
     KVM_CAP_INFO(MCE),
+    KVM_CAP_INFO(ADJUST_CLOCK),
     KVM_CAP_LAST_INFO
 };
 
@@ -177,11 +178,6 @@ bool kvm_has_adjust_clock_stable(void)
     return (ret & KVM_CLOCK_TSC_STABLE);
 }
 
-bool kvm_has_adjust_clock(void)
-{
-    return kvm_check_extension(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK);
-}
-
 bool kvm_has_exception_payload(void)
 {
     return has_exception_payload;
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h b/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h
index 55d4e68c34..7e60ea4f23 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ void kvm_request_xsave_components(X86CPU *cpu, uint64_t mask);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
 
-bool kvm_has_adjust_clock(void);
 bool kvm_has_adjust_clock_stable(void);
 bool kvm_has_exception_payload(void);
 void kvm_synchronize_all_tsc(void);