diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7972e3aa2caedd85f47ed7a8aef7e9ff1b455918..cf6df5167af62fd0f9b89b2e52f10aacab4a181f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -554,7 +554,9 @@ int kvm_read_guest_atomic(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, void *data,
 	addr = gfn_to_hva(kvm, gfn);
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	pagefault_disable();
 	r = __copy_from_user_inatomic(data, (void __user *)addr + offset, len);
+	pagefault_enable();
 	if (r)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;