diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 5a6019a534a3..b75d6cb44ab6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1492,6 +1492,14 @@ static void link_shadow_page(u64 *sptep, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 	__set_spte(sptep, spte);
 }
 
+static void drop_large_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep)
+{
+	if (is_large_pte(*sptep)) {
+		drop_spte(vcpu->kvm, sptep, shadow_trap_nonpresent_pte);
+		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
+	}
+}
+
 static void kvm_mmu_page_unlink_children(struct kvm *kvm,
 					 struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 36dc0749c878..0fb7068d64c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -360,10 +360,7 @@ static u64 *FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 			kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
 		}
 
-		if (is_large_pte(*sptep)) {
-			drop_spte(vcpu->kvm, sptep, shadow_trap_nonpresent_pte);
-			kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
-		}
+		drop_large_spte(vcpu, sptep);
 
 		if (level <= gw->level) {
 			direct = 1;