diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 6d16481aa29d..ed861245ecf0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -2417,7 +2417,7 @@ static unsigned long kvm_mmu_zap_oldest_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm,
 		return 0;
 
 restart:
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, tmp, &kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages, link) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(sp, tmp, &kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages, link) {
 		/*
 		 * Don't zap active root pages, the page itself can't be freed
 		 * and zapping it will just force vCPUs to realloc and reload.