diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/page_alloc.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/page_alloc.c
index a6e874e61a40..0bd7701ad1df 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/page_alloc.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/page_alloc.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static inline void hyp_page_ref_inc(struct hyp_page *p)
 
 static inline int hyp_page_ref_dec_and_test(struct hyp_page *p)
 {
+	BUG_ON(!p->refcount);
 	p->refcount--;
 	return (p->refcount == 0);
 }