diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 4c45ff0cfbd0..9086ee4b64cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -5595,13 +5595,13 @@ slot_handle_leaf(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				 PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, lock_flush_tlb);
 }
 
-static void free_mmu_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void free_mmu_pages(struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
 {
-	free_page((unsigned long)vcpu->arch.mmu->pae_root);
-	free_page((unsigned long)vcpu->arch.mmu->lm_root);
+	free_page((unsigned long)mmu->pae_root);
+	free_page((unsigned long)mmu->lm_root);
 }
 
-static int alloc_mmu_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static int alloc_mmu_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
@@ -5622,9 +5622,9 @@ static int alloc_mmu_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	vcpu->arch.mmu->pae_root = page_address(page);
+	mmu->pae_root = page_address(page);
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
-		vcpu->arch.mmu->pae_root[i] = INVALID_PAGE;
+		mmu->pae_root[i] = INVALID_PAGE;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -5632,6 +5632,7 @@ static int alloc_mmu_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	uint i;
+	int ret;
 
 	vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
 	vcpu->arch.walk_mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
@@ -5649,7 +5650,19 @@ int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vcpu->arch.guest_mmu.prev_roots[i] = KVM_MMU_ROOT_INFO_INVALID;
 
 	vcpu->arch.nested_mmu.translate_gpa = translate_nested_gpa;
-	return alloc_mmu_pages(vcpu);
+
+	ret = alloc_mmu_pages(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.guest_mmu);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = alloc_mmu_pages(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.root_mmu);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail_allocate_root;
+
+	return ret;
+ fail_allocate_root:
+	free_mmu_pages(&vcpu->arch.guest_mmu);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void kvm_mmu_invalidate_zap_pages_in_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
@@ -6074,7 +6087,8 @@ unsigned long kvm_mmu_calculate_default_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
 void kvm_mmu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	kvm_mmu_unload(vcpu);
-	free_mmu_pages(vcpu);
+	free_mmu_pages(&vcpu->arch.root_mmu);
+	free_mmu_pages(&vcpu->arch.guest_mmu);
 	mmu_free_memory_caches(vcpu);
 }