diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
index 4e1ef0473663..e4c8a4cbf407 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	#define PT_GUEST_ACCESSED_SHIFT PT_ACCESSED_SHIFT
 	#define PT_HAVE_ACCESSED_DIRTY(mmu) true
 	#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	#define PT_MAX_FULL_LEVELS 4
+	#define PT_MAX_FULL_LEVELS PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL
 	#define CMPXCHG cmpxchg
 	#else
 	#define CMPXCHG cmpxchg64