diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 7b9713a49d59..0392b9596107 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ static __always_inline u64 __rdmsr(u32 msr)
 	return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
 }
 
-static __always_inline void __wrmsr(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
+static __always_inline void __wrmsrq(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
 	asm volatile("1: wrmsr\n"
 		     "2:\n"
 		     _ASM_EXTABLE_TYPE(1b, 2b, EX_TYPE_WRMSR)
-		     : : "c" (msr), "a"(low), "d" (high) : "memory");
+		     : : "c" (msr), "a" ((u32)val), "d" ((u32)(val >> 32)) : "memory");
 }
 
 #define native_rdmsr(msr, val1, val2)			\
@@ -113,11 +113,10 @@ static __always_inline u64 native_rdmsrq(u32 msr)
 }
 
 #define native_wrmsr(msr, low, high)			\
-	__wrmsr(msr, low, high)
+	__wrmsrq((msr), (u64)(high) << 32 | (low))
 
 #define native_wrmsrq(msr, val)				\
-	__wrmsr((msr), (u32)((u64)(val)),		\
-		       (u32)((u64)(val) >> 32))
+	__wrmsrq((msr), (val))
 
 static inline u64 native_read_msr(u32 msr)
 {
@@ -146,11 +145,8 @@ static inline u64 native_read_msr_safe(u32 msr, int *err)
 }
 
 /* Can be uninlined because referenced by paravirt */
-static inline void notrace
-native_write_msr(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
+static inline void notrace native_write_msr(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
-	u64 val = (u64)high << 32 | low;
-
 	native_wrmsrq(msr, val);
 
 	if (tracepoint_enabled(write_msr))
@@ -158,8 +154,7 @@ native_write_msr(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
 }
 
 /* Can be uninlined because referenced by paravirt */
-static inline int notrace
-native_write_msr_safe(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
+static inline int notrace native_write_msr_safe(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -167,10 +162,10 @@ native_write_msr_safe(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
 		     "2:\n\t"
 		     _ASM_EXTABLE_TYPE_REG(1b, 2b, EX_TYPE_WRMSR_SAFE, %[err])
 		     : [err] "=a" (err)
-		     : "c" (msr), "0" (low), "d" (high)
+		     : "c" (msr), "0" ((u32)val), "d" ((u32)(val >> 32))
 		     : "memory");
 	if (tracepoint_enabled(write_msr))
-		do_trace_write_msr(msr, ((u64)high << 32 | low), err);
+		do_trace_write_msr(msr, val, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +201,7 @@ do {								\
 
 static inline void wrmsr(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
 {
-	native_write_msr(msr, low, high);
+	native_write_msr(msr, (u64)high << 32 | low);
 }
 
 #define rdmsrq(msr, val)			\
@@ -214,13 +209,13 @@ static inline void wrmsr(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
 
 static inline void wrmsrq(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
-	native_write_msr(msr, (u32)(val & 0xffffffffULL), (u32)(val >> 32));
+	native_write_msr(msr, val);
 }
 
 /* wrmsr with exception handling */
-static inline int wrmsr_safe(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
+static inline int wrmsrq_safe(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
-	return native_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high);
+	return native_write_msr_safe(msr, val);
 }
 
 /* rdmsr with exception handling */
@@ -264,11 +259,11 @@ static __always_inline void wrmsrns(u32 msr, u64 val)
 }
 
 /*
- * 64-bit version of wrmsr_safe():
+ * Dual u32 version of wrmsrq_safe():
  */
-static inline int wrmsrq_safe(u32 msr, u64 val)
+static inline int wrmsr_safe(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
 {
-	return wrmsr_safe(msr, (u32)val,  (u32)(val >> 32));
+	return wrmsrq_safe(msr, (u64)high << 32 | low);
 }
 
 struct msr __percpu *msrs_alloc(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index f272c4bd3d5b..edf23bde367e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -180,10 +180,9 @@ static inline u64 paravirt_read_msr(unsigned msr)
 	return PVOP_CALL1(u64, cpu.read_msr, msr);
 }
 
-static inline void paravirt_write_msr(unsigned msr,
-				      unsigned low, unsigned high)
+static inline void paravirt_write_msr(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
-	PVOP_VCALL3(cpu.write_msr, msr, low, high);
+	PVOP_VCALL2(cpu.write_msr, msr, val);
 }
 
 static inline u64 paravirt_read_msr_safe(unsigned msr, int *err)
@@ -191,10 +190,9 @@ static inline u64 paravirt_read_msr_safe(unsigned msr, int *err)
 	return PVOP_CALL2(u64, cpu.read_msr_safe, msr, err);
 }
 
-static inline int paravirt_write_msr_safe(unsigned msr,
-					  unsigned low, unsigned high)
+static inline int paravirt_write_msr_safe(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
-	return PVOP_CALL3(int, cpu.write_msr_safe, msr, low, high);
+	return PVOP_CALL2(int, cpu.write_msr_safe, msr, val);
 }
 
 #define rdmsr(msr, val1, val2)			\
@@ -204,22 +202,25 @@ do {						\
 	val2 = _l >> 32;			\
 } while (0)
 
-#define wrmsr(msr, val1, val2)			\
-do {						\
-	paravirt_write_msr(msr, val1, val2);	\
-} while (0)
+static __always_inline void wrmsr(u32 msr, u32 low, u32 high)
+{
+	paravirt_write_msr(msr, (u64)high << 32 | low);
+}
 
 #define rdmsrq(msr, val)			\
 do {						\
 	val = paravirt_read_msr(msr);		\
 } while (0)
 
-static inline void wrmsrq(unsigned msr, u64 val)
+static inline void wrmsrq(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
-	wrmsr(msr, (u32)val, (u32)(val>>32));
+	paravirt_write_msr(msr, val);
 }
 
-#define wrmsr_safe(msr, a, b)	paravirt_write_msr_safe(msr, a, b)
+static inline int wrmsrq_safe(u32 msr, u64 val)
+{
+	return paravirt_write_msr_safe(msr, val);
+}
 
 /* rdmsr with exception handling */
 #define rdmsr_safe(msr, a, b)				\
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 631c306ce1ff..78777b78da12 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ struct pv_cpu_ops {
 
 	/* Unsafe MSR operations.  These will warn or panic on failure. */
 	u64 (*read_msr)(unsigned int msr);
-	void (*write_msr)(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high);
+	void (*write_msr)(u32 msr, u64 val);
 
 	/*
 	 * Safe MSR operations.
 	 * read sets err to 0 or -EIO.  write returns 0 or -EIO.
 	 */
 	u64 (*read_msr_safe)(unsigned int msr, int *err);
-	int (*write_msr_safe)(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high);
+	int (*write_msr_safe)(u32 msr, u64 val);
 
 	u64 (*read_pmc)(int counter);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index 0af797930ccb..ca0a49eeac4a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void kvm_setup_secondary_clock(void)
 void kvmclock_disable(void)
 {
 	if (msr_kvm_system_time)
-		native_write_msr(msr_kvm_system_time, 0, 0);
+		native_write_msr(msr_kvm_system_time, 0);
 }
 
 static void __init kvmclock_init_mem(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 67657b3a36ce..4ef9978dce70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ static void svm_inject_exception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static void svm_init_erratum_383(void)
 {
-	u32 low, high;
 	int err;
 	u64 val;
 
@@ -489,10 +488,7 @@ static void svm_init_erratum_383(void)
 
 	val |= (1ULL << 47);
 
-	low  = lower_32_bits(val);
-	high = upper_32_bits(val);
-
-	native_write_msr_safe(MSR_AMD64_DC_CFG, low, high);
+	native_write_msr_safe(MSR_AMD64_DC_CFG, val);
 
 	erratum_383_found = true;
 }
@@ -2167,17 +2163,12 @@ static bool is_erratum_383(void)
 
 	/* Clear MCi_STATUS registers */
 	for (i = 0; i < 6; ++i)
-		native_write_msr_safe(MSR_IA32_MCx_STATUS(i), 0, 0);
+		native_write_msr_safe(MSR_IA32_MCx_STATUS(i), 0);
 
 	value = native_read_msr_safe(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, &err);
 	if (!err) {
-		u32 low, high;
-
 		value &= ~(1ULL << 2);
-		low    = lower_32_bits(value);
-		high   = upper_32_bits(value);
-
-		native_write_msr_safe(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, low, high);
+		native_write_msr_safe(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, value);
 	}
 
 	/* Flush tlb to evict multi-match entries */
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index c247e7689bc3..c067d1e8a39c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -1110,10 +1110,8 @@ static u64 xen_do_read_msr(unsigned int msr, int *err)
 	return val;
 }
 
-static void set_seg(u32 which, u32 low, u32 high)
+static void set_seg(u32 which, u64 base)
 {
-	u64 base = ((u64)high << 32) | low;
-
 	if (HYPERVISOR_set_segment_base(which, base))
 		WARN(1, "Xen set_segment_base(%u, %llx) failed\n", which, base);
 }
@@ -1123,22 +1121,19 @@ static void set_seg(u32 which, u32 low, u32 high)
  * With err == NULL write_msr() semantics are selected.
  * Supplying an err pointer requires err to be pre-initialized with 0.
  */
-static void xen_do_write_msr(unsigned int msr, unsigned int low,
-			     unsigned int high, int *err)
+static void xen_do_write_msr(u32 msr, u64 val, int *err)
 {
-	u64 val;
-
 	switch (msr) {
 	case MSR_FS_BASE:
-		set_seg(SEGBASE_FS, low, high);
+		set_seg(SEGBASE_FS, val);
 		break;
 
 	case MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE:
-		set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_USER, low, high);
+		set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_USER, val);
 		break;
 
 	case MSR_GS_BASE:
-		set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_KERNEL, low, high);
+		set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_KERNEL, val);
 		break;
 
 	case MSR_STAR:
@@ -1154,15 +1149,13 @@ static void xen_do_write_msr(unsigned int msr, unsigned int low,
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		val = (u64)high << 32 | low;
-
 		if (pmu_msr_chk_emulated(msr, &val, false))
 			return;
 
 		if (err)
-			*err = native_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high);
+			*err = native_write_msr_safe(msr, val);
 		else
-			native_write_msr(msr, low, high);
+			native_write_msr(msr, val);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1171,12 +1164,11 @@ static u64 xen_read_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, int *err)
 	return xen_do_read_msr(msr, err);
 }
 
-static int xen_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, unsigned int low,
-			      unsigned int high)
+static int xen_write_msr_safe(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
-	xen_do_write_msr(msr, low, high, &err);
+	xen_do_write_msr(msr, val, &err);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1188,11 +1180,11 @@ static u64 xen_read_msr(unsigned int msr)
 	return xen_do_read_msr(msr, xen_msr_safe ? &err : NULL);
 }
 
-static void xen_write_msr(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
+static void xen_write_msr(u32 msr, u64 val)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	xen_do_write_msr(msr, low, high, xen_msr_safe ? &err : NULL);
+	xen_do_write_msr(msr, val, xen_msr_safe ? &err : NULL);
 }
 
 /* This is called once we have the cpu_possible_mask */
