diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index aaf89c001c5c..29a030a3c797 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -11783,7 +11783,8 @@ void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				const struct kvm_memory_slot *new,
 				enum kvm_mr_change change)
 {
-	if (!kvm->arch.n_requested_mmu_pages)
+	if (!kvm->arch.n_requested_mmu_pages &&
+	    (change == KVM_MR_CREATE || change == KVM_MR_DELETE))
 		kvm_mmu_change_mmu_pages(kvm,
 				kvm_mmu_calculate_default_mmu_pages(kvm));