diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index c0dff5337a50..4e4bb5dd2dcd 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2045,12 +2045,12 @@ int kvm_write_guest_cached(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc,
 	if (slots->generation != ghc->generation)
 		kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(kvm, ghc, ghc->gpa, ghc->len);
 
-	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
-		return kvm_write_guest(kvm, ghc->gpa, data, len);
-
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
+		return kvm_write_guest(kvm, ghc->gpa, data, len);
+
 	r = __copy_to_user((void __user *)ghc->hva, data, len);
 	if (r)
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -2071,12 +2071,12 @@ int kvm_read_guest_cached(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc,
 	if (slots->generation != ghc->generation)
 		kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(kvm, ghc, ghc->gpa, ghc->len);
 
-	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
-		return kvm_read_guest(kvm, ghc->gpa, data, len);
-
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
+		return kvm_read_guest(kvm, ghc->gpa, data, len);
+
 	r = __copy_from_user(data, (void __user *)ghc->hva, len);
 	if (r)
 		return -EFAULT;