diff --git a/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.c b/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.c
index 8fe0e78e16..d44f2bb432 100644
--- a/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.c
+++ b/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.c
@@ -289,24 +289,6 @@ target_ulong helper_load_slb_vsid(CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong rb)
     return rt;
 }
 
-/*
- * 64-bit hash table MMU handling
- */
-void ppc_hash64_set_sdr1(PowerPCCPU *cpu, target_ulong value,
-                         Error **errp)
-{
-    CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
-    target_ulong htabsize = value & SDR_64_HTABSIZE;
-
-    if (htabsize > 28) {
-        error_setg(errp,
-                   "Invalid HTABSIZE 0x" TARGET_FMT_lx" stored in SDR1",
-                   htabsize);
-        return;
-    }
-    env->spr[SPR_SDR1] = value;
-}
-
 static int ppc_hash64_pte_prot(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
                                ppc_slb_t *slb, ppc_hash_pte64_t pte)
 {
diff --git a/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.h b/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.h
index c8d34584e8..9c74823f92 100644
--- a/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.h
+++ b/target/ppc/mmu-hash64.h
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ static inline hwaddr ppc_hash64_hpt_mask(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
     return (1ULL << ((cpu->env.spr[SPR_SDR1] & SDR_64_HTABSIZE) + 18 - 7)) - 1;
 }
 
-void ppc_hash64_set_sdr1(PowerPCCPU *cpu, target_ulong value,
-                         Error **errp);
-
 struct ppc_hash_pte64 {
     uint64_t pte0, pte1;
 };
diff --git a/target/ppc/mmu_helper.c b/target/ppc/mmu_helper.c
index 0176ab6095..3bc80303e9 100644
--- a/target/ppc/mmu_helper.c
+++ b/target/ppc/mmu_helper.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "exec/cpu_ldst.h"
 #include "exec/log.h"
 #include "helper_regs.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_MMU
 //#define DEBUG_BATS
@@ -2006,13 +2007,11 @@ void ppc_store_sdr1(CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong value)
     assert(!cpu->vhyp);
 #if defined(TARGET_PPC64)
     if (env->mmu_model & POWERPC_MMU_64) {
-        PowerPCCPU *cpu = ppc_env_get_cpu(env);
-        Error *local_err = NULL;
+        target_ulong htabsize = value & SDR_64_HTABSIZE;
 
-        ppc_hash64_set_sdr1(cpu, value, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_report_err(local_err);
-            error_free(local_err);
+        if (htabsize > 28) {
+            error_report("Invalid HTABSIZE 0x" TARGET_FMT_lx" stored in SDR1",
+                         htabsize);
             return;
         }
     }