diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 77810ce66bdb4899654db708a03a7ca387e9df56..678b6209dad50a7c2355405e094ad548092704c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4963,6 +4963,9 @@ void kvm_init_shadow_npt_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 cr0, u32 cr4, u32 efer,
 	union kvm_mmu_role new_role =
 		kvm_calc_shadow_mmu_root_page_role(vcpu, false);
 
+	new_role.base.level = vcpu->arch.tdp_level;
+	context->shadow_root_level = new_role.base.level;
+
 	__kvm_mmu_new_pgd(vcpu, nested_cr3, new_role.base, false, false);
 
 	if (new_role.as_u64 != context->mmu_role.as_u64)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 61378a3c2ce44b1bdf61195f28a95d2a94ae2774..fb68467e60496aa5bc2abd2f8fa5dfd85e257ebd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ static void nested_svm_init_mmu_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.mmu->get_guest_pgd     = nested_svm_get_tdp_cr3;
 	vcpu->arch.mmu->get_pdptr         = nested_svm_get_tdp_pdptr;
 	vcpu->arch.mmu->inject_page_fault = nested_svm_inject_npf_exit;
-	vcpu->arch.mmu->shadow_root_level = vcpu->arch.tdp_level;
 	reset_shadow_zero_bits_mask(vcpu, vcpu->arch.mmu);
 	vcpu->arch.walk_mmu              = &vcpu->arch.nested_mmu;
 }