diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 8083ec32a0dd..53d6bd07f9e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4148,7 +4148,8 @@ static int direct_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u32 error_code,
 	spin_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
 	if (mmu_notifier_retry(vcpu->kvm, mmu_seq))
 		goto out_unlock;
-	if (make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu) < 0)
+	r = make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu);
+	if (r)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	r = __direct_map(vcpu, gpa, write, map_writable, max_level, pfn,
 			 prefault, is_tdp && lpage_disallowed);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
index 7e370d8bd576..4ec044af36e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -866,7 +866,8 @@ static int FNAME(page_fault)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t addr, u32 error_code,
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	kvm_mmu_audit(vcpu, AUDIT_PRE_PAGE_FAULT);
-	if (make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu) < 0)
+	r = make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu);
+	if (r)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	r = FNAME(fetch)(vcpu, addr, &walker, write_fault, max_level, pfn,
 			 map_writable, prefault, lpage_disallowed);