diff --git a/hw/vfio/listener.c b/hw/vfio/listener.c
index e050e3c2f6..f498e23a93 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/listener.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/listener.c
@@ -598,20 +598,6 @@ void vfio_container_region_add(VFIOContainerBase *bcontainer,
                 pgmask + 1);
             return;
         }
-
-        /*
-         * VFIO MMAP backed regions (CXL.mem) uses VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP VMAs
-         * backed by physical device addresses. Skip vfio_container_dma_map
-         * as mapping is not needed for this region.
-         */
-        if (vfio_get_vfio_device(memory_region_owner(section->mr))) {
-            trace_vfio_listener_region_add_no_dma_map(
-                memory_region_name(section->mr),
-                section->offset_within_address_space,
-                int128_getlo(section->size),
-                pgmask + 1);
-            return;
-        }
     }
 
     ret = vfio_container_dma_map(bcontainer, iova, int128_get64(llsize),