diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 9f4be0114bce..69d40a6e1e68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1882,7 +1882,8 @@ static int set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
 	spte |= (u64)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	if ((pte_access & ACC_WRITE_MASK)
-	    || (write_fault && !is_write_protection(vcpu) && !user_fault)) {
+	    || (!tdp_enabled && write_fault && !is_write_protection(vcpu)
+		&& !user_fault)) {
 
 		if (level > PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL &&
 		    has_wrprotected_page(vcpu->kvm, gfn, level)) {