diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
index a3050e2b65b1..ffb123fc1145 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
@@ -1390,6 +1390,22 @@ int __pkvm_host_reclaim_page_guest(u64 gfn, struct pkvm_hyp_vm *vm)
 	return ret && ret != -EHWPOISON ? ret : 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * share/donate install at most one stage-2 leaf (PAGE_SIZE, or one
+ * KVM_PGTABLE_LAST_LEVEL - 1 block for share). kvm_mmu_cache_min_pages()
+ * bounds the worst-case allocation: exact for the PAGE_SIZE leaf,
+ * conservative by one for the block.
+ */
+static int __guest_check_pgtable_memcache(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	struct pkvm_hyp_vm *vm = pkvm_hyp_vcpu_to_hyp_vm(vcpu);
+
+	if (vcpu->vcpu.arch.pkvm_memcache.nr_pages < kvm_mmu_cache_min_pages(vm->pgt.mmu))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int __pkvm_host_donate_guest(u64 pfn, u64 gfn, struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct pkvm_hyp_vm *vm = pkvm_hyp_vcpu_to_hyp_vm(vcpu);
@@ -1474,6 +1490,10 @@ int __pkvm_host_share_guest(u64 pfn, u64 gfn, u64 nr_pages, struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu
 		}
 	}
 
+	ret = __guest_check_pgtable_memcache(vcpu);
+	if (ret)
+		goto unlock;
+
 	for_each_hyp_page(page, phys, size) {
 		set_host_state(page, PKVM_PAGE_SHARED_OWNED);
 		page->host_share_guest_count++;