diff --git a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 8665531d92876698a211cb6a48505e04ad5a7f0d..8d6e55f95fbb3c165ae0f21c38f44eaf99aa2009 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ int kvm_clear_guest_page(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, int offset, int len)
 
 	kunmap_atomic(page_virt, KM_USER0);
 	kvm_release_page(page);
+	mark_page_dirty(kvm, gfn);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_clear_guest_page);