diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
index da44be9db4fa..c2b2b27b7da1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_page_empty(void *ptr)
 #define kvm_pmd_table_empty(kvm, pmdp) kvm_page_empty(pmdp)
 #define kvm_pud_table_empty(kvm, pudp) (0)
 
-#define KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL	0
-
 static inline void *kvm_get_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	return kvm->arch.pgd;
@@ -173,6 +171,15 @@ static inline unsigned int kvm_get_hwpgd_size(void)
 	return PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t);
 }
 
+static inline pgd_t *kvm_setup_fake_pgd(pgd_t *hwpgd)
+{
+	return hwpgd;
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_free_fake_pgd(pgd_t *pgd)
+{
+}
+
 struct kvm;
 
 #define kvm_flush_dcache_to_poc(a,l)	__cpuc_flush_dcache_area((a), (l))
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
index 58dbd5c439df..774d00b8066b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -684,47 +684,16 @@ int kvm_alloc_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 	if (!hwpgd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* When the kernel uses more levels of page tables than the
+	/*
+	 * When the kernel uses more levels of page tables than the
 	 * guest, we allocate a fake PGD and pre-populate it to point
 	 * to the next-level page table, which will be the real
 	 * initial page table pointed to by the VTTBR.
-	 *
-	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==2, we allocate a single page for
-	 * the PMD and the kernel will use folded pud.
-	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==1, we allocate 2 consecutive PUD
-	 * pages.
 	 */
-	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0) {
-		int i;
-
-		/*
-		 * Allocate fake pgd for the page table manipulation macros to
-		 * work.  This is not used by the hardware and we have no
-		 * alignment requirement for this allocation.
-		 */
-		pgd = kmalloc(PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t),
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
-
-		if (!pgd) {
-			kvm_free_hwpgd(hwpgd);
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-
-		/* Plug the HW PGD into the fake one. */
-		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_S2_PGD; i++) {
-			if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 1)
-				pgd_populate(NULL, pgd + i,
-					     (pud_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PUD);
-			else if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 2)
-				pud_populate(NULL, pud_offset(pgd, 0) + i,
-					     (pmd_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PMD);
-		}
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * Allocate actual first-level Stage-2 page table used by the
-		 * hardware for Stage-2 page table walks.
-		 */
-		pgd = (pgd_t *)hwpgd;
+	pgd = kvm_setup_fake_pgd(hwpgd);
+	if (IS_ERR(pgd)) {
+		kvm_free_hwpgd(hwpgd);
+		return PTR_ERR(pgd);
 	}
 
 	kvm_clean_pgd(pgd);
@@ -831,9 +800,7 @@ void kvm_free_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 	unmap_stage2_range(kvm, 0, KVM_PHYS_SIZE);
 	kvm_free_hwpgd(kvm_get_hwpgd(kvm));
-	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0)
-		kfree(kvm->arch.pgd);
-
+	kvm_free_fake_pgd(kvm->arch.pgd);
 	kvm->arch.pgd = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
index 22732a5e3119..9a3409f7b37a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
@@ -208,6 +208,49 @@ static inline unsigned int kvm_get_hwpgd_size(void)
 	return PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Allocate fake pgd for the host kernel page table macros to work.
+ * This is not used by the hardware and we have no alignment
+ * requirement for this allocation.
+ */
+static inline pgd_t *kvm_setup_fake_pgd(pgd_t *hwpgd)
+{
+	int i;
+	pgd_t *pgd;
+
+	if (!KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL)
+		return hwpgd;
+
+	/*
+	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==2, we allocate a single page for
+	 * the PMD and the kernel will use folded pud.
+	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==1, we allocate 2 consecutive PUD
+	 * pages.
+	 */
+
+	pgd = kmalloc(PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t),
+			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+	if (!pgd)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* Plug the HW PGD into the fake one. */
+	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_S2_PGD; i++) {
+		if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 1)
+			pgd_populate(NULL, pgd + i,
+				     (pud_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PUD);
+		else if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 2)
+			pud_populate(NULL, pud_offset(pgd, 0) + i,
+				     (pmd_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PMD);
+	}
+
+	return pgd;
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_free_fake_pgd(pgd_t *pgd)
+{
+	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0)
+		kfree(pgd);
+}
 static inline bool kvm_page_empty(void *ptr)
 {
 	struct page *ptr_page = virt_to_page(ptr);