diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 7f46e3e7ebd1afbfdd8448cc38a8e7f29dcfa467..ec61b223da0ad82ae24381effb18ece1ce1cea7c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2119,12 +2119,8 @@ static struct kvm_mmu_page *kvm_mmu_get_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		if (sp->unsync && kvm_sync_page_transient(vcpu, sp))
 			break;
 
-		mmu_page_add_parent_pte(vcpu, sp, parent_pte);
-		if (sp->unsync_children) {
+		if (sp->unsync_children)
 			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
-			kvm_mmu_mark_parents_unsync(sp);
-		} else if (sp->unsync)
-			kvm_mmu_mark_parents_unsync(sp);
 
 		__clear_sp_write_flooding_count(sp);
 		trace_kvm_mmu_get_page(sp, false);
@@ -2135,8 +2131,6 @@ static struct kvm_mmu_page *kvm_mmu_get_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 	sp = kvm_mmu_alloc_page(vcpu, direct);
 
-	mmu_page_add_parent_pte(vcpu, sp, parent_pte);
-
 	sp->gfn = gfn;
 	sp->role = role;
 	hlist_add_head(&sp->hash_link,
@@ -2204,7 +2198,8 @@ static void shadow_walk_next(struct kvm_shadow_walk_iterator *iterator)
 	return __shadow_walk_next(iterator, *iterator->sptep);
 }
 
-static void link_shadow_page(u64 *sptep, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+static void link_shadow_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
+			     struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
 	u64 spte;
 
@@ -2215,6 +2210,11 @@ static void link_shadow_page(u64 *sptep, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 	       shadow_user_mask | shadow_x_mask | shadow_accessed_mask;
 
 	mmu_spte_set(sptep, spte);
+
+	mmu_page_add_parent_pte(vcpu, sp, sptep);
+
+	if (sp->unsync_children || sp->unsync)
+		mark_unsync(sptep);
 }
 
 static void validate_direct_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
@@ -2273,11 +2273,6 @@ static void kvm_mmu_page_unlink_children(struct kvm *kvm,
 		mmu_page_zap_pte(kvm, sp, sp->spt + i);
 }
 
-static void kvm_mmu_put_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, u64 *parent_pte)
-{
-	mmu_page_remove_parent_pte(sp, parent_pte);
-}
-
 static void kvm_mmu_unlink_parents(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
 	u64 *sptep;
@@ -2743,7 +2738,7 @@ static int __direct_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int write, int map_writable,
 					      iterator.level - 1,
 					      1, ACC_ALL, iterator.sptep);
 
-			link_shadow_page(iterator.sptep, sp);
+			link_shadow_page(vcpu, iterator.sptep, sp);
 		}
 	}
 	return emulate;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 11650eac1c6e83c88d451ed5703423841efeee14..0dcf9c8973b446ef5fc54d2c10d8dfc5c9711be7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 			goto out_gpte_changed;
 
 		if (sp)
-			link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp);
+			link_shadow_page(vcpu, it.sptep, sp);
 	}
 
 	for (;
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 
 		sp = kvm_mmu_get_page(vcpu, direct_gfn, addr, it.level-1,
 				      true, direct_access, it.sptep);
-		link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp);
+		link_shadow_page(vcpu, it.sptep, sp);
 	}
 
 	clear_sp_write_flooding_count(it.sptep);
@@ -629,8 +629,6 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 	return emulate;
 
 out_gpte_changed:
-	if (sp)
-		kvm_mmu_put_page(sp, it.sptep);
 	kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
 	return 0;
 }