diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index bdba15ef88aad140678a73f735f39e9e5557e728..51f81f10f9f7a643292059a562e380086b4820bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -3391,7 +3391,7 @@ static int __direct_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, int write,
 	gfn_t gfn = gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	gfn_t base_gfn = gfn;
 
-	if (!VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa))
+	if (WARN_ON(!VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa)))
 		return RET_PF_RETRY;
 
 	if (likely(max_level > PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
index 3b0ba2a77e28d6c170452917a8cf0876846ea01b..b53bed3c901cbdac6d1d668904cfe9d1606665a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t addr,
 	if (FNAME(gpte_changed)(vcpu, gw, top_level))
 		goto out_gpte_changed;
 
-	if (!VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa))
+	if (WARN_ON(!VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa)))
 		goto out_gpte_changed;
 
 	for (shadow_walk_init(&it, vcpu, addr);