diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 9f628f7a40b2a388e44be7f840d4d8b7d1952e9f..2fa82b04f14edadf9888a19f898b229eb60a4927 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -448,7 +448,8 @@ static bool __check_direct_spte_mmio_pf(u64 spte)
 
 static bool spte_is_locklessly_modifiable(u64 spte)
 {
-	return !(~spte & (SPTE_HOST_WRITEABLE | SPTE_MMU_WRITEABLE));
+	return (spte & (SPTE_HOST_WRITEABLE | SPTE_MMU_WRITEABLE)) ==
+		(SPTE_HOST_WRITEABLE | SPTE_MMU_WRITEABLE);
 }
 
 static bool spte_has_volatile_bits(u64 spte)