diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c
index 3a0abd2e5a15..5fac89dfe4cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ int kvmppc_mmu_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvmppc_pte *orig_pte,
 	/* Now tell our Shadow PTE code about the new page */
 
 	pte = kvmppc_mmu_hpte_cache_next(vcpu);
+	if (!pte) {
+		kvm_release_pfn_clean(hpaddr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		r = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	dprintk_mmu("KVM: %c%c Map 0x%llx: [%lx] 0x%llx (0x%llx) -> %lx\n",
 		    orig_pte->may_write ? 'w' : '-',