diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 2dc7e28bb8e5..fedc9be5e62c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3117,7 +3117,8 @@ static void vmx_load_mmu_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, hpa_t root_hpa,
 		if (kvm_x86_ops.tlb_remote_flush) {
 			spin_lock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
 			to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer = eptp;
-			to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
+			if (eptp != to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp)
+				to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
 			spin_unlock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
 		}