diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 0f35f1a32960..4b8d33657cd3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -3383,7 +3383,8 @@ static int __direct_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u32 error_code,
 					      it.level - 1, true, ACC_ALL);
 
 			link_shadow_page(vcpu, it.sptep, sp);
-			if (is_tdp && huge_page_disallowed)
+			if (is_tdp && huge_page_disallowed &&
+			    req_level >= it.level)
 				account_huge_nx_page(vcpu->kvm, sp);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
index ba9af7c06f9d..24dd2e9ad816 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t addr,
 			sp = kvm_mmu_get_page(vcpu, base_gfn, addr,
 					      it.level - 1, true, direct_access);
 			link_shadow_page(vcpu, it.sptep, sp);
-			if (huge_page_disallowed)
+			if (huge_page_disallowed && req_level >= it.level)
 				account_huge_nx_page(vcpu->kvm, sp);
 		}
 	}