diff --git a/target/s390x/mmu_helper.c b/target/s390x/mmu_helper.c
index f3a2f25a5c..6c59d0d216 100644
--- a/target/s390x/mmu_helper.c
+++ b/target/s390x/mmu_helper.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/tcg.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "exec/page-protection.h"
-#include "trace.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/storage-keys.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
@@ -303,7 +302,6 @@ static void mmu_handle_skey(target_ulong addr, int rw, int *flags)
     static S390SKeysClass *skeyclass;
     static S390SKeysState *ss;
     uint8_t key, old_key;
-    int rc;
 
     /*
      * We expect to be called with an absolute address that has already been
@@ -341,9 +339,7 @@ static void mmu_handle_skey(target_ulong addr, int rw, int *flags)
      *
      * TODO: we have races between getting and setting the key.
      */
-    rc = skeyclass->get_skeys(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
-    if (rc) {
-        trace_get_skeys_nonzero(rc);
+    if (s390_skeys_get(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key)) {
         return;
     }
     old_key = key;
@@ -371,10 +367,7 @@ static void mmu_handle_skey(target_ulong addr, int rw, int *flags)
     key |= SK_R;
 
     if (key != old_key) {
-        rc = skeyclass->set_skeys(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
-        if (rc) {
-            trace_set_skeys_nonzero(rc);
-        }
+        s390_skeys_set(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c b/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c
index 6a308c5553..6cdbc34178 100644
--- a/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c
+++ b/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "hw/core/tcg-cpu-ops.h"
 #include "qemu/int128.h"
 #include "qemu/atomic128.h"
-#include "trace.h"
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
 #include "hw/s390x/storage-keys.h"
@@ -2093,9 +2092,8 @@ uint64_t HELPER(iske)(CPUS390XState *env, uint64_t r2)
         }
     }
 
-    rc = skeyclass->get_skeys(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
+    rc = s390_skeys_get(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
     if (rc) {
-        trace_get_skeys_nonzero(rc);
         return 0;
     }
     return key;
@@ -2108,7 +2106,6 @@ void HELPER(sske)(CPUS390XState *env, uint64_t r1, uint64_t r2)
     static S390SKeysClass *skeyclass;
     uint64_t addr = wrap_address(env, r2);
     uint8_t key;
-    int rc;
 
     addr = mmu_real2abs(env, addr);
     if (!mmu_absolute_addr_valid(addr, false)) {
@@ -2124,10 +2121,7 @@ void HELPER(sske)(CPUS390XState *env, uint64_t r1, uint64_t r2)
     }
 
     key = r1 & 0xfe;
-    rc = skeyclass->set_skeys(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
-    if (rc) {
-        trace_set_skeys_nonzero(rc);
-    }
+    s390_skeys_set(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
    /*
     * As we can only flush by virtual address and not all the entries
     * that point to a physical address we have to flush the whole TLB.
@@ -2157,18 +2151,16 @@ uint32_t HELPER(rrbe)(CPUS390XState *env, uint64_t r2)
         }
     }
 
-    rc = skeyclass->get_skeys(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
+    rc = s390_skeys_get(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
     if (rc) {
-        trace_get_skeys_nonzero(rc);
         return 0;
     }
 
     re = key & (SK_R | SK_C);
     key &= ~SK_R;
 
-    rc = skeyclass->set_skeys(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
+    rc = s390_skeys_set(ss, addr / TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, 1, &key);
     if (rc) {
-        trace_set_skeys_nonzero(rc);
         return 0;
     }
    /*
diff --git a/target/s390x/trace-events b/target/s390x/trace-events
index 729cb012b4..d371ef71b9 100644
--- a/target/s390x/trace-events
+++ b/target/s390x/trace-events
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # See docs/devel/tracing.rst for syntax documentation.
 
-# mmu_helper.c
-get_skeys_nonzero(int rc) "SKEY: Call to get_skeys unexpectedly returned %d"
-set_skeys_nonzero(int rc) "SKEY: Call to set_skeys unexpectedly returned %d"
-
 # ioinst.c
 ioinst(const char *insn) "IOINST: %s"
 ioinst_sch_id(const char *insn, int cssid, int ssid, int schid) "IOINST: %s (%x.%x.%04x)"
