diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 6354297e92ae..e2e1d012df22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -1936,7 +1936,11 @@ static void mmu_audit_disable(void) { }
 
 static bool is_obsolete_sp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
-	return sp->role.invalid ||
+	if (sp->role.invalid)
+		return true;
+
+	/* TDP MMU pages due not use the MMU generation. */
+	return !sp->tdp_mmu_page &&
 	       unlikely(sp->mmu_valid_gen != kvm->arch.mmu_valid_gen);
 }
 
@@ -3976,6 +3980,20 @@ out_retry:
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if the page fault is stale and needs to be retried, i.e. if the
+ * root was invalidated by a memslot update or a relevant mmu_notifier fired.
+ */
+static bool is_page_fault_stale(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+				struct kvm_page_fault *fault, int mmu_seq)
+{
+	if (is_obsolete_sp(vcpu->kvm, to_shadow_page(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa)))
+		return true;
+
+	return fault->slot &&
+	       mmu_notifier_retry_hva(vcpu->kvm, mmu_seq, fault->hva);
+}
+
 static int direct_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
 {
 	bool is_tdp_mmu_fault = is_tdp_mmu(vcpu->arch.mmu);
@@ -4013,8 +4031,9 @@ static int direct_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault
 	else
 		write_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
 
-	if (fault->slot && mmu_notifier_retry_hva(vcpu->kvm, mmu_seq, fault->hva))
+	if (is_page_fault_stale(vcpu, fault, mmu_seq))
 		goto out_unlock;
+
 	r = make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu);
 	if (r)
 		goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
index f87d36898c44..708a5d297fe1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -911,7 +911,8 @@ static int FNAME(page_fault)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault
 
 	r = RET_PF_RETRY;
 	write_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
-	if (fault->slot && mmu_notifier_retry_hva(vcpu->kvm, mmu_seq, fault->hva))
+
+	if (is_page_fault_stale(vcpu, fault, mmu_seq))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	kvm_mmu_audit(vcpu, AUDIT_PRE_PAGE_FAULT);