diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index c086cfcd0257..3e4273f60a8c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -66,15 +66,11 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_prepare_folio(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slo
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_PREPARE
 	kvm_pfn_t pfn = folio_file_pfn(folio, index);
 	gfn_t gfn = slot->base_gfn + index - slot->gmem.pgoff;
-	int rc = kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(kvm, gfn, pfn, folio_order(folio));
-	if (rc) {
-		pr_warn_ratelimited("gmem: Failed to prepare folio for index %lx GFN %llx PFN %llx error %d.\n",
-				    index, gfn, pfn, rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
-#endif
 
+	return kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(kvm, gfn, pfn, folio_order(folio));
+#else
 	return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*