diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index bf370b63928e..5354eef3c3b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2824,11 +2824,10 @@ static int kvm_handle_bad_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn)
 }
 
 static void transparent_hugepage_adjust(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
-					gfn_t *gfnp, kvm_pfn_t *pfnp,
+					gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t *pfnp,
 					int *levelp)
 {
 	kvm_pfn_t pfn = *pfnp;
-	gfn_t gfn = *gfnp;
 	int level = *levelp;
 
 	/*
@@ -2855,8 +2854,6 @@ static void transparent_hugepage_adjust(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		mask = KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level) - 1;
 		VM_BUG_ON((gfn & mask) != (pfn & mask));
 		if (pfn & mask) {
-			gfn &= ~mask;
-			*gfnp = gfn;
 			kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
 			pfn &= ~mask;
 			kvm_get_pfn(pfn);
@@ -3060,7 +3057,7 @@ static int nonpaging_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t v, u32 error_code,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu);
 	if (likely(!force_pt_level))
-		transparent_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, &gfn, &pfn, &level);
+		transparent_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, gfn, &pfn, &level);
 	r = __direct_map(vcpu, v, write, map_writable, level, pfn, prefault);
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
@@ -3595,7 +3592,7 @@ static int tdp_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gpa, u32 error_code,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu);
 	if (likely(!force_pt_level))
-		transparent_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, &gfn, &pfn, &level);
+		transparent_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, gfn, &pfn, &level);
 	r = __direct_map(vcpu, gpa, write, map_writable, level, pfn, prefault);
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index c0d87ba4217d..116a94361da1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ static int FNAME(page_fault)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr, u32 error_code,
 	kvm_mmu_audit(vcpu, AUDIT_PRE_PAGE_FAULT);
 	make_mmu_pages_available(vcpu);
 	if (!force_pt_level)
-		transparent_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, &walker.gfn, &pfn, &level);
+		transparent_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, walker.gfn, &pfn, &level);
 	r = FNAME(fetch)(vcpu, addr, &walker, write_fault,
 			 level, pfn, map_writable, prefault);
 	kvm_mmu_audit(vcpu, AUDIT_POST_PAGE_FAULT);