diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 7fffd86eee94..d4c9a9b05e3f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -1419,6 +1419,17 @@ static int kvm_translate_vncr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool *is_gmem)
 		writable = !(memslot->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: This check is too restrictive as KVM allows cacheable memory
+	 * attributes for PFNMAP VMAs that have cacheable attributes in host
+	 * stage-1.
+	 */
+	if (!pfn_is_map_memory(pfn)) {
+		kvm_release_faultin_page(vcpu->kvm, page, true, false);
+		fail_s1_walk(&vt->wr, ESR_ELx_FSC_EXTABT, false);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	scoped_guard(write_lock, &vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock) {
 		if (mmu_invalidate_retry(vcpu->kvm, mmu_seq)) {
 			kvm_release_faultin_page(vcpu->kvm, page, true, false);