diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 642215e2aeb2..1632e466ad6f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1071,13 +1071,11 @@ static int kvm_delete_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			    const struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
 {
-	int r;
-	gfn_t base_gfn;
-	unsigned long npages;
-	struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
 	struct kvm_memory_slot old, new;
-	int as_id, id;
+	struct kvm_memory_slot *tmp;
 	enum kvm_mr_change change;
+	int as_id, id;
+	int r;
 
 	r = check_memory_region_flags(mem);
 	if (r)
@@ -1102,54 +1100,58 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	if (mem->guest_phys_addr + mem->memory_size < mem->guest_phys_addr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	slot = id_to_memslot(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), id);
-	base_gfn = mem->guest_phys_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	npages = mem->memory_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	if (npages > KVM_MEM_MAX_NR_PAGES)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/*
 	 * Make a full copy of the old memslot, the pointer will become stale
 	 * when the memslots are re-sorted by update_memslots(), and the old
 	 * memslot needs to be referenced after calling update_memslots(), e.g.
-	 * to free its resources and for arch specific behavior.
+	 * to free its resources and for arch specific behavior.  Kill @tmp
+	 * after making a copy to deter potentially dangerous usage.
 	 */
-	old = *slot;
+	tmp = id_to_memslot(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), id);
+	old = *tmp;
+	tmp = NULL;
+
 	if (!mem->memory_size)
 		return kvm_delete_memslot(kvm, mem, &old, as_id);
 
-	new = old;
-
 	new.id = id;
-	new.base_gfn = base_gfn;
-	new.npages = npages;
+	new.base_gfn = mem->guest_phys_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	new.npages = mem->memory_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	new.flags = mem->flags;
 	new.userspace_addr = mem->userspace_addr;
 
+	if (new.npages > KVM_MEM_MAX_NR_PAGES)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!old.npages) {
 		change = KVM_MR_CREATE;
+		new.dirty_bitmap = NULL;
+		memset(&new.arch, 0, sizeof(new.arch));
 	} else { /* Modify an existing slot. */
 		if ((new.userspace_addr != old.userspace_addr) ||
-		    (npages != old.npages) ||
+		    (new.npages != old.npages) ||
 		    ((new.flags ^ old.flags) & KVM_MEM_READONLY))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (base_gfn != old.base_gfn)
+		if (new.base_gfn != old.base_gfn)
 			change = KVM_MR_MOVE;
 		else if (new.flags != old.flags)
 			change = KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY;
 		else /* Nothing to change. */
 			return 0;
+
+		/* Copy dirty_bitmap and arch from the current memslot. */
+		new.dirty_bitmap = old.dirty_bitmap;
+		memcpy(&new.arch, &old.arch, sizeof(new.arch));
 	}
 
 	if ((change == KVM_MR_CREATE) || (change == KVM_MR_MOVE)) {
 		/* Check for overlaps */
-		kvm_for_each_memslot(slot, __kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id)) {
-			if (slot->id == id)
+		kvm_for_each_memslot(tmp, __kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id)) {
+			if (tmp->id == id)
 				continue;
-			if (!((base_gfn + npages <= slot->base_gfn) ||
-			      (base_gfn >= slot->base_gfn + slot->npages)))
+			if (!((new.base_gfn + new.npages <= tmp->base_gfn) ||
+			      (new.base_gfn >= tmp->base_gfn + tmp->npages)))
 				return -EEXIST;
 		}
 	}