diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index efa439f6ffb3..abcd24fdde3f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -792,11 +792,12 @@ static int kvm_s390_vm_start_migration(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 	if (kvm->arch.use_cmma) {
 		/*
-		 * Get the last slot. They should be sorted by base_gfn, so the
-		 * last slot is also the one at the end of the address space.
-		 * We have verified above that at least one slot is present.
+		 * Get the first slot. They are reverse sorted by base_gfn, so
+		 * the first slot is also the one at the end of the address
+		 * space. We have verified above that at least one slot is
+		 * present.
 		 */
-		ms = slots->memslots + slots->used_slots - 1;
+		ms = slots->memslots;
 		/* round up so we only use full longs */
 		ram_pages = roundup(ms->base_gfn + ms->npages, BITS_PER_LONG);
 		/* allocate enough bytes to store all the bits */