diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 0041947b7390d227e47ce2db84c105f796289994..3be46841db06bb461347e819307aeb51a37bd9d6 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2005,32 +2005,33 @@ static int __kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(struct kvm_memslots *slots,
 	gfn_t end_gfn = (gpa + len - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	gfn_t nr_pages_needed = end_gfn - start_gfn + 1;
 	gfn_t nr_pages_avail;
+	int r = start_gfn <= end_gfn ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 
 	ghc->gpa = gpa;
 	ghc->generation = slots->generation;
 	ghc->len = len;
-	ghc->memslot = __gfn_to_memslot(slots, start_gfn);
-	ghc->hva = gfn_to_hva_many(ghc->memslot, start_gfn, NULL);
-	if (!kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva) && nr_pages_needed <= 1) {
+	ghc->hva = KVM_HVA_ERR_BAD;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the requested region crosses two memslots, we still
+	 * verify that the entire region is valid here.
+	 */
+	while (!r && start_gfn <= end_gfn) {
+		ghc->memslot = __gfn_to_memslot(slots, start_gfn);
+		ghc->hva = gfn_to_hva_many(ghc->memslot, start_gfn,
+					   &nr_pages_avail);
+		if (kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva))
+			r = -EFAULT;
+		start_gfn += nr_pages_avail;
+	}
+
+	/* Use the slow path for cross page reads and writes. */
+	if (!r && nr_pages_needed == 1)
 		ghc->hva += offset;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * If the requested region crosses two memslots, we still
-		 * verify that the entire region is valid here.
-		 */
-		while (start_gfn <= end_gfn) {
-			nr_pages_avail = 0;
-			ghc->memslot = __gfn_to_memslot(slots, start_gfn);
-			ghc->hva = gfn_to_hva_many(ghc->memslot, start_gfn,
-						   &nr_pages_avail);
-			if (kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			start_gfn += nr_pages_avail;
-		}
-		/* Use the slow path for cross page reads and writes. */
+	else
 		ghc->memslot = NULL;
-	}
-	return 0;
+
+	return r;
 }
 
 int kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc,