diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index e7cd16e1e0a0..32333dfc85b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -5611,6 +5611,7 @@ static void kvm_zap_obsolete_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, *node;
 	int nr_zapped, batch = 0;
+	bool unstable;
 
 restart:
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(sp, node,
@@ -5642,11 +5643,12 @@ static void kvm_zap_obsolete_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
 			goto restart;
 		}
 
-		if (__kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(kvm, sp,
-				&kvm->arch.zapped_obsolete_pages, &nr_zapped)) {
-			batch += nr_zapped;
+		unstable = __kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(kvm, sp,
+				&kvm->arch.zapped_obsolete_pages, &nr_zapped);
+		batch += nr_zapped;
+
+		if (unstable)
 			goto restart;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/*