diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5dcfd524dea3..5204283da798 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -11655,20 +11655,15 @@ static void kvm_unload_vcpu_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 }
 
-static void kvm_free_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm)
+static void kvm_unload_vcpu_mmus(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 
-	/*
-	 * Unpin any mmu pages first.
-	 */
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
 		kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(vcpu);
 		kvm_unload_vcpu_mmu(vcpu);
 	}
-
-	kvm_destroy_vcpus(kvm);
 }
 
 void kvm_arch_sync_events(struct kvm *kvm)
@@ -11774,11 +11769,12 @@ void kvm_arch_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 		__x86_set_memory_region(kvm, TSS_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT, 0, 0);
 		mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	}
+	kvm_unload_vcpu_mmus(kvm);
 	static_call_cond(kvm_x86_vm_destroy)(kvm);
 	kvm_free_msr_filter(srcu_dereference_check(kvm->arch.msr_filter, &kvm->srcu, 1));
 	kvm_pic_destroy(kvm);
 	kvm_ioapic_destroy(kvm);
-	kvm_free_vcpus(kvm);
+	kvm_destroy_vcpus(kvm);
 	kvfree(rcu_dereference_check(kvm->arch.apic_map, 1));
 	kfree(srcu_dereference_check(kvm->arch.pmu_event_filter, &kvm->srcu, 1));
 	kvm_mmu_uninit_vm(kvm);