diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index b74c23a9bc0..c5b90a83d36 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -8259,86 +8259,30 @@ static void arm_cpu_do_interrupt_aarch64(CPUState *cs)
                   new_el, env->pc, pstate_read(env));
 }
 
-static inline bool check_for_semihosting(CPUState *cs)
+/*
+ * Do semihosting call and set the appropriate return value. All the
+ * permission and validity checks have been done at translate time.
+ *
+ * We only see semihosting exceptions in TCG only as they are not
+ * trapped to the hypervisor in KVM.
+ */
+static void handle_semihosting(CPUState *cs)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCG
-    /* Check whether this exception is a semihosting call; if so
-     * then handle it and return true; otherwise return false.
-     */
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
 
     if (is_a64(env)) {
-        if (cs->exception_index == EXCP_SEMIHOST) {
-            /* This is always the 64-bit semihosting exception.
-             * The "is this usermode" and "is semihosting enabled"
-             * checks have been done at translate time.
-             */
-            qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT,
-                          "...handling as semihosting call 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-                          env->xregs[0]);
-            env->xregs[0] = do_arm_semihosting(env);
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
+        qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT,
+                      "...handling as semihosting call 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+                      env->xregs[0]);
+        env->xregs[0] = do_arm_semihosting(env);
     } else {
-        uint32_t imm;
-
-        /* Only intercept calls from privileged modes, to provide some
-         * semblance of security.
-         */
-        if (cs->exception_index != EXCP_SEMIHOST &&
-            (!semihosting_enabled() ||
-             ((env->uncached_cpsr & CPSR_M) == ARM_CPU_MODE_USR))) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        switch (cs->exception_index) {
-        case EXCP_SEMIHOST:
-            /* This is always a semihosting call; the "is this usermode"
-             * and "is semihosting enabled" checks have been done at
-             * translate time.
-             */
-            break;
-        case EXCP_SWI:
-            /* Check for semihosting interrupt.  */
-            if (env->thumb) {
-                imm = arm_lduw_code(env, env->regs[15] - 2, arm_sctlr_b(env))
-                    & 0xff;
-                if (imm == 0xab) {
-                    break;
-                }
-            } else {
-                imm = arm_ldl_code(env, env->regs[15] - 4, arm_sctlr_b(env))
-                    & 0xffffff;
-                if (imm == 0x123456) {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            return false;
-        case EXCP_BKPT:
-            /* See if this is a semihosting syscall.  */
-            if (env->thumb) {
-                imm = arm_lduw_code(env, env->regs[15], arm_sctlr_b(env))
-                    & 0xff;
-                if (imm == 0xab) {
-                    env->regs[15] += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            return false;
-        default:
-            return false;
-        }
-
         qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT,
                       "...handling as semihosting call 0x%x\n",
                       env->regs[0]);
         env->regs[0] = do_arm_semihosting(env);
-        return true;
     }
-#else
-    return false;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -8371,11 +8315,13 @@ void arm_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
         return;
     }
 
-    /* Semihosting semantics depend on the register width of the
-     * code that caused the exception, not the target exception level,
-     * so must be handled here.
+    /*
+     * Semihosting semantics depend on the register width of the code
+     * that caused the exception, not the target exception level, so
+     * must be handled here.
      */
-    if (check_for_semihosting(cs)) {
+    if (cs->exception_index == EXCP_SEMIHOST) {
+        handle_semihosting(cs);
         return;
     }
 
