diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
index a2a59ff782c61e0f6dc6748cb14c845173569a5a..29ec05b08b86dbfb60ab4ebffbc7134fd7bcc240 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ static int gvt_dma_map_page(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, unsigned long gfn,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!pfn_valid(pfn)) {
+		gvt_vgpu_err("pfn 0x%lx is not mem backed\n", pfn);
+		vfio_unpin_pages(mdev_dev(vgpu->vdev.mdev), &gfn, 1);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Setup DMA mapping. */
 	page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 	*dma_addr = dma_map_page(dev, page, 0, PAGE_SIZE,