diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
index bf0fe99e8ca9..4cf48c3aca13 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
@@ -149,31 +149,30 @@ static inline bool kvm_s2pmd_readonly(pmd_t *pmd)
 	(__boundary - 1 < (end) - 1)? __boundary: (end);		\
 })
 
+#define kvm_pgd_index(addr)			pgd_index(addr)
+
 static inline bool kvm_page_empty(void *ptr)
 {
 	struct page *ptr_page = virt_to_page(ptr);
 	return page_count(ptr_page) == 1;
 }
 
-
 #define kvm_pte_table_empty(kvm, ptep) kvm_page_empty(ptep)
 #define kvm_pmd_table_empty(kvm, pmdp) kvm_page_empty(pmdp)
 #define kvm_pud_table_empty(kvm, pudp) (0)
 
 #define KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL	0
 
-static inline int kvm_prealloc_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm, pgd_t *pgd)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void kvm_free_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm) { }
-
 static inline void *kvm_get_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	return kvm->arch.pgd;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int kvm_get_hwpgd_size(void)
+{
+	return PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t);
+}
+
 struct kvm;
 
 #define kvm_flush_dcache_to_poc(a,l)	__cpuc_flush_dcache_area((a), (l))
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
index 3e6859bc3e11..5656d79c5a44 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static void unmap_range(struct kvm *kvm, pgd_t *pgdp,
 	phys_addr_t addr = start, end = start + size;
 	phys_addr_t next;
 
-	pgd = pgdp + pgd_index(addr);
+	pgd = pgdp + kvm_pgd_index(addr);
 	do {
 		next = kvm_pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (!pgd_none(*pgd))
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static void stage2_flush_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 	phys_addr_t next;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 
-	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + pgd_index(addr);
+	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + kvm_pgd_index(addr);
 	do {
 		next = kvm_pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		stage2_flush_puds(kvm, pgd, addr, next);
@@ -632,6 +632,20 @@ int create_hyp_io_mappings(void *from, void *to, phys_addr_t phys_addr)
 				     __phys_to_pfn(phys_addr), PAGE_HYP_DEVICE);
 }
 
+/* Free the HW pgd, one page at a time */
+static void kvm_free_hwpgd(void *hwpgd)
+{
+	free_pages_exact(hwpgd, kvm_get_hwpgd_size());
+}
+
+/* Allocate the HW PGD, making sure that each page gets its own refcount */
+static void *kvm_alloc_hwpgd(void)
+{
+	unsigned int size = kvm_get_hwpgd_size();
+
+	return alloc_pages_exact(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+}
+
 /**
  * kvm_alloc_stage2_pgd - allocate level-1 table for stage-2 translation.
  * @kvm:	The KVM struct pointer for the VM.
@@ -645,15 +659,31 @@ int create_hyp_io_mappings(void *from, void *to, phys_addr_t phys_addr)
  */
 int kvm_alloc_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	int ret;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
+	void *hwpgd;
 
 	if (kvm->arch.pgd != NULL) {
 		kvm_err("kvm_arch already initialized?\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	hwpgd = kvm_alloc_hwpgd();
+	if (!hwpgd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* When the kernel uses more levels of page tables than the
+	 * guest, we allocate a fake PGD and pre-populate it to point
+	 * to the next-level page table, which will be the real
+	 * initial page table pointed to by the VTTBR.
+	 *
+	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==2, we allocate a single page for
+	 * the PMD and the kernel will use folded pud.
+	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==1, we allocate 2 consecutive PUD
+	 * pages.
+	 */
 	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0) {
+		int i;
+
 		/*
 		 * Allocate fake pgd for the page table manipulation macros to
 		 * work.  This is not used by the hardware and we have no
@@ -661,30 +691,32 @@ int kvm_alloc_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 		 */
 		pgd = (pgd_t *)kmalloc(PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t),
 				       GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+
+		if (!pgd) {
+			kvm_free_hwpgd(hwpgd);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		/* Plug the HW PGD into the fake one. */
+		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_S2_PGD; i++) {
+			if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 1)
+				pgd_populate(NULL, pgd + i,
+					     (pud_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PUD);
+			else if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 2)
+				pud_populate(NULL, pud_offset(pgd, 0) + i,
+					     (pmd_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PMD);
+		}
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Allocate actual first-level Stage-2 page table used by the
 		 * hardware for Stage-2 page table walks.
 		 */
-		pgd = (pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, S2_PGD_ORDER);
+		pgd = (pgd_t *)hwpgd;
 	}
 
-	if (!pgd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = kvm_prealloc_hwpgd(kvm, pgd);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_err;
-
 	kvm_clean_pgd(pgd);
 	kvm->arch.pgd = pgd;
 	return 0;
-out_err:
-	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0)
-		kfree(pgd);
-	else
-		free_pages((unsigned long)pgd, S2_PGD_ORDER);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -785,11 +817,10 @@ void kvm_free_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 		return;
 
 	unmap_stage2_range(kvm, 0, KVM_PHYS_SIZE);
-	kvm_free_hwpgd(kvm);
+	kvm_free_hwpgd(kvm_get_hwpgd(kvm));
 	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0)
 		kfree(kvm->arch.pgd);
-	else
-		free_pages((unsigned long)kvm->arch.pgd, S2_PGD_ORDER);
+
 	kvm->arch.pgd = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -799,7 +830,7 @@ static pud_t *stage2_get_pud(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *cache
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
 
-	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + pgd_index(addr);
+	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + kvm_pgd_index(addr);
 	if (WARN_ON(pgd_none(*pgd))) {
 		if (!cache)
 			return NULL;
@@ -1089,7 +1120,7 @@ static void stage2_wp_range(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t addr, phys_addr_t end)
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	phys_addr_t next;
 
-	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + pgd_index(addr);
+	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + kvm_pgd_index(addr);
 	do {
 		/*
 		 * Release kvm_mmu_lock periodically if the memory region is
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
index 94674eb7e7bb..54bb4ba97441 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
  * 40 bits wide (T0SZ = 24).  Systems with a PARange smaller than 40 bits are
  * not known to exist and will break with this configuration.
  *
+ * VTCR_EL2.PS is extracted from ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1.PARange at boot time
+ * (see hyp-init.S).
+ *
  * Note that when using 4K pages, we concatenate two first level page tables
  * together.
  *
@@ -138,7 +141,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES
 /*
  * Stage2 translation configuration:
- * 40bits output (PS = 2)
  * 40bits input  (T0SZ = 24)
  * 64kB pages (TG0 = 1)
  * 2 level page tables (SL = 1)
@@ -150,7 +152,6 @@
 #else
 /*
  * Stage2 translation configuration:
- * 40bits output (PS = 2)
  * 40bits input  (T0SZ = 24)
  * 4kB pages (TG0 = 0)
  * 3 level page tables (SL = 1)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
index 6458b5373142..bbfb600fa822 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ static inline bool kvm_s2pmd_readonly(pmd_t *pmd)
 #define PTRS_PER_S2_PGD		(1 << PTRS_PER_S2_PGD_SHIFT)
 #define S2_PGD_ORDER		get_order(PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t))
 
+#define kvm_pgd_index(addr)	(((addr) >> PGDIR_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_S2_PGD - 1))
+
 /*
  * If we are concatenating first level stage-2 page tables, we would have less
  * than or equal to 16 pointers in the fake PGD, because that's what the
@@ -171,43 +173,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_s2pmd_readonly(pmd_t *pmd)
 #define KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL	(0)
 #endif
 
-/**
- * kvm_prealloc_hwpgd - allocate inital table for VTTBR
- * @kvm:	The KVM struct pointer for the VM.
- * @pgd:	The kernel pseudo pgd
- *
- * When the kernel uses more levels of page tables than the guest, we allocate
- * a fake PGD and pre-populate it to point to the next-level page table, which
- * will be the real initial page table pointed to by the VTTBR.
- *
- * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==2, we allocate a single page for the PMD and
- * the kernel will use folded pud.  When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==1, we
- * allocate 2 consecutive PUD pages.
- */
-static inline int kvm_prealloc_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm, pgd_t *pgd)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned long hwpgd;
-
-	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	hwpgd = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, PTRS_PER_S2_PGD_SHIFT);
-	if (!hwpgd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_S2_PGD; i++) {
-		if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 1)
-			pgd_populate(NULL, pgd + i,
-				     (pud_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PUD);
-		else if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 2)
-			pud_populate(NULL, pud_offset(pgd, 0) + i,
-				     (pmd_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PMD);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void *kvm_get_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
@@ -224,12 +189,11 @@ static inline void *kvm_get_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 	return pmd_offset(pud, 0);
 }
 
-static inline void kvm_free_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm)
+static inline unsigned int kvm_get_hwpgd_size(void)
 {
-	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0) {
-		unsigned long hwpgd = (unsigned long)kvm_get_hwpgd(kvm);
-		free_pages(hwpgd, PTRS_PER_S2_PGD_SHIFT);
-	}
+	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0)
+		return PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * PAGE_SIZE;
+	return PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t);
 }
 
 static inline bool kvm_page_empty(void *ptr)
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
index 7c55dd5dd2c9..66203b268984 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct vgic_ops {
 	void	(*sync_lr_elrsr)(struct kvm_vcpu *, int, struct vgic_lr);
 	u64	(*get_elrsr)(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	u64	(*get_eisr)(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+	void	(*clear_eisr)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	u32	(*get_interrupt_status)(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	void	(*enable_underflow)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	void	(*disable_underflow)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c
index a0a7b5d1a070..f9b9c7c51372 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static void vgic_v2_sync_lr_elrsr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int lr,
 {
 	if (!(lr_desc.state & LR_STATE_MASK))
 		vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v2.vgic_elrsr |= (1ULL << lr);
+	else
+		vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v2.vgic_elrsr &= ~(1ULL << lr);
 }
 
 static u64 vgic_v2_get_elrsr(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -84,6 +86,11 @@ static u64 vgic_v2_get_eisr(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v2.vgic_eisr;
 }
 
+static void vgic_v2_clear_eisr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v2.vgic_eisr = 0;
+}
+
 static u32 vgic_v2_get_interrupt_status(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u32 misr = vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v2.vgic_misr;
@@ -148,6 +155,7 @@ static const struct vgic_ops vgic_v2_ops = {
 	.sync_lr_elrsr		= vgic_v2_sync_lr_elrsr,
 	.get_elrsr		= vgic_v2_get_elrsr,
 	.get_eisr		= vgic_v2_get_eisr,
+	.clear_eisr		= vgic_v2_clear_eisr,
 	.get_interrupt_status	= vgic_v2_get_interrupt_status,
 	.enable_underflow	= vgic_v2_enable_underflow,
 	.disable_underflow	= vgic_v2_disable_underflow,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
index 3a62d8a9a2c6..dff06021e748 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ static void vgic_v3_sync_lr_elrsr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int lr,
 {
 	if (!(lr_desc.state & LR_STATE_MASK))
 		vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3.vgic_elrsr |= (1U << lr);
+	else
+		vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3.vgic_elrsr &= ~(1U << lr);
 }
 
 static u64 vgic_v3_get_elrsr(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -116,6 +118,11 @@ static u64 vgic_v3_get_eisr(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3.vgic_eisr;
 }
 
+static void vgic_v3_clear_eisr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3.vgic_eisr = 0;
+}
+
 static u32 vgic_v3_get_interrupt_status(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u32 misr = vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3.vgic_misr;
@@ -192,6 +199,7 @@ static const struct vgic_ops vgic_v3_ops = {
 	.sync_lr_elrsr		= vgic_v3_sync_lr_elrsr,
 	.get_elrsr		= vgic_v3_get_elrsr,
 	.get_eisr		= vgic_v3_get_eisr,
+	.clear_eisr		= vgic_v3_clear_eisr,
 	.get_interrupt_status	= vgic_v3_get_interrupt_status,
 	.enable_underflow	= vgic_v3_enable_underflow,
 	.disable_underflow	= vgic_v3_disable_underflow,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index 0cc6ab6005a0..c9f60f524588 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -883,6 +883,11 @@ static inline u64 vgic_get_eisr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return vgic_ops->get_eisr(vcpu);
 }
 
+static inline void vgic_clear_eisr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	vgic_ops->clear_eisr(vcpu);
+}
+
 static inline u32 vgic_get_interrupt_status(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return vgic_ops->get_interrupt_status(vcpu);
@@ -922,6 +927,7 @@ static void vgic_retire_lr(int lr_nr, int irq, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vgic_set_lr(vcpu, lr_nr, vlr);
 	clear_bit(lr_nr, vgic_cpu->lr_used);
 	vgic_cpu->vgic_irq_lr_map[irq] = LR_EMPTY;
+	vgic_sync_lr_elrsr(vcpu, lr_nr, vlr);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -978,6 +984,7 @@ bool vgic_queue_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 sgi_source_id, int irq)
 			BUG_ON(!test_bit(lr, vgic_cpu->lr_used));
 			vlr.state |= LR_STATE_PENDING;
 			vgic_set_lr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
+			vgic_sync_lr_elrsr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -999,6 +1006,7 @@ bool vgic_queue_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 sgi_source_id, int irq)
 		vlr.state |= LR_EOI_INT;
 
 	vgic_set_lr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
+	vgic_sync_lr_elrsr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1136,6 +1144,14 @@ static bool vgic_process_maintenance(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (status & INT_STATUS_UNDERFLOW)
 		vgic_disable_underflow(vcpu);
 
+	/*
+	 * In the next iterations of the vcpu loop, if we sync the vgic state
+	 * after flushing it, but before entering the guest (this happens for
+	 * pending signals and vmid rollovers), then make sure we don't pick
+	 * up any old maintenance interrupts here.
+	 */
+	vgic_clear_eisr(vcpu);
+
 	return level_pending;
 }
 
@@ -1583,8 +1599,10 @@ int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
 	 * emulation. So check this here again. KVM_CREATE_DEVICE does
 	 * the proper checks already.
 	 */
-	if (type == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 && !vgic->can_emulate_gicv2)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (type == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 && !vgic->can_emulate_gicv2) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Any time a vcpu is run, vcpu_load is called which tries to grab the