diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 6530019116b0..4cca45853dfe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4399,6 +4399,7 @@ static int emulator_cmpxchg_emulated(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	if (!exchanged)
 		return X86EMUL_CMPXCHG_FAILED;
 
+	mark_page_dirty(vcpu->kvm, gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	kvm_mmu_pte_write(vcpu, gpa, new, bytes);
 
 	return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;