diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 0620480b99e0..28c4d658d2ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -3206,6 +3206,8 @@ static void mmu_free_root_page(struct kvm *kvm, hpa_t *root_hpa,
 		return;
 
 	sp = to_shadow_page(*root_hpa & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK);
+	if (WARN_ON(!sp))
+		return;
 
 	if (is_tdp_mmu_page(sp))
 		kvm_tdp_mmu_put_root(kvm, sp, false);