diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index 74531e4bbee6..5b3041138301 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -53,13 +53,18 @@ void kvm_mmu_uninit_tdp_mmu(struct kvm *kvm)
 	rcu_barrier();
 }
 
-static void tdp_mmu_free_sp(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+static void __tdp_mmu_free_sp(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
-	free_page((unsigned long)sp->external_spt);
 	free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
 	kmem_cache_free(mmu_page_header_cache, sp);
 }
 
+static void tdp_mmu_free_unused_sp(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+{
+	free_page((unsigned long)sp->external_spt);
+	__tdp_mmu_free_sp(sp);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is called through call_rcu in order to free TDP page table memory
  * safely with respect to other kernel threads that may be operating on
@@ -73,7 +78,8 @@ static void tdp_mmu_free_sp_rcu_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 	struct kvm_mmu_page *sp = container_of(head, struct kvm_mmu_page,
 					       rcu_head);
 
-	tdp_mmu_free_sp(sp);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(sp->external_spt);
+	__tdp_mmu_free_sp(sp);
 }
 
 void kvm_tdp_mmu_put_root(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root)
@@ -1268,7 +1274,7 @@ int kvm_tdp_mmu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
 		 * failed, e.g. because a different task modified the SPTE.
 		 */
 		if (r) {
-			tdp_mmu_free_sp(sp);
+			tdp_mmu_free_unused_sp(sp);
 			goto retry;
 		}
 
@@ -1579,7 +1585,7 @@ static int tdp_mmu_split_huge_pages_root(struct kvm *kvm,
 	 * installs its own sp in place of the last sp we tried to split.
 	 */
 	if (sp)
-		tdp_mmu_free_sp(sp);
+		tdp_mmu_free_unused_sp(sp);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
index b3185cd9c6d6..54f9eb1a0202 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
@@ -1869,7 +1869,16 @@ static void tdx_sept_free_private_spt(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 	 */
 	if (KVM_BUG_ON(is_hkid_assigned(to_kvm_tdx(kvm)), kvm) ||
 	    tdx_reclaim_page(virt_to_page(sp->external_spt)))
-		sp->external_spt = NULL;
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * Immediately free the S-EPT page because RCU-time free is unnecessary
+	 * after TDH.PHYMEM.PAGE.RECLAIM ensures there are no outstanding
+	 * readers.
+	 */
+	free_page((unsigned long)sp->external_spt);
+out:
+	sp->external_spt = NULL;
 }
 
 void tdx_deliver_interrupt(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int delivery_mode,