diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index bd892a814951..56d5ea949cbb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -1425,10 +1425,10 @@ void virt_map(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint64_t vaddr, uint64_t paddr,
 
 	while (npages--) {
 		virt_pg_map(vm, vaddr, paddr);
+		sparsebit_set(vm->vpages_mapped, vaddr >> vm->page_shift);
+
 		vaddr += page_size;
 		paddr += page_size;
-
-		sparsebit_set(vm->vpages_mapped, vaddr >> vm->page_shift);
 	}
 }