diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 683bb8bf43a9..6beddd8a0c74 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1854,6 +1854,9 @@ enum kvm_intr_type {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
 #define kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm) ((kvm)->arch.has_private_mem)
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_CONVERT
+#define kvm_arch_has_gmem_convert() (!!kvm_x86_ops.gmem_make_private)
+#endif
 
 #define kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem(kvm) (!(kvm)->arch.has_protected_state)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 502465119ca0..b7516e19ef41 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2597,9 +2597,10 @@ static inline int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_CONVERT
 int kvm_arch_gmem_make_private(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
 			       kvm_pfn_t nr_pages);
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_CONVERT
+#define kvm_arch_has_gmem_convert() false
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_POPULATE
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 77876d20f5a8..551b19ad2296 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -822,11 +822,10 @@ int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 		folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_CONVERT
-	if (kvm_gmem_is_private_mem(file_inode(file), index))
+	if (kvm_arch_has_gmem_convert() &&
+	    kvm_gmem_is_private_mem(file_inode(file), index))
 		r = kvm_arch_gmem_make_private(kvm, gfn, *pfn,
 					       (kvm_pfn_t)1 << *max_order);
-#endif
 
 	folio_unlock(folio);
 	folio_put(folio);