diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 5b5933331491..b97ff7601d0a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -3224,12 +3224,15 @@ void kvm_mmu_free_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu,
 	struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
 	int i;
 	LIST_HEAD(invalid_list);
-	bool free_active_root = roots_to_free & KVM_MMU_ROOT_CURRENT;
+	bool free_active_root;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS >= BITS_PER_LONG);
 
 	/* Before acquiring the MMU lock, see if we need to do any real work. */
-	if (!(free_active_root && VALID_PAGE(mmu->root.hpa))) {
+	free_active_root = (roots_to_free & KVM_MMU_ROOT_CURRENT)
+		&& VALID_PAGE(mmu->root.hpa);
+
+	if (!free_active_root) {
 		for (i = 0; i < KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS; i++)
 			if ((roots_to_free & KVM_MMU_ROOT_PREVIOUS(i)) &&
 			    VALID_PAGE(mmu->prev_roots[i].hpa))
@@ -3247,8 +3250,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_free_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu,
 					   &invalid_list);
 
 	if (free_active_root) {
-		if (mmu->shadow_root_level >= PT64_ROOT_4LEVEL &&
-		    (mmu->root_level >= PT64_ROOT_4LEVEL || mmu->direct_map)) {
+		if (to_shadow_page(mmu->root.hpa)) {
 			mmu_free_root_page(kvm, &mmu->root.hpa, &invalid_list);
 		} else if (mmu->pae_root) {
 			for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {