diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 5b6b58ea2acb..8eedff42a96f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -99,6 +99,24 @@ static bool kvm_gmem_is_shared_mem(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
 	return !kvm_gmem_is_private_mem(inode, index);
 }
 
+static bool kvm_gmem_range_has_attributes(struct inode *inode,
+					  pgoff_t index, size_t nr_pages,
+					  u64 attributes)
+{
+	struct maple_tree *mt = &GMEM_I(inode)->attributes;
+	pgoff_t end = index + nr_pages - 1;
+	void *entry;
+
+	lockdep_assert(mt_lock_is_held(mt));
+
+	mt_for_each(mt, entry, index, end) {
+		if (kvm_gmem_get_attributes(inode, entry) != attributes)
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns a locked folio on success.  The caller is responsible for
  * setting the up-to-date flag before the memory is mapped into the guest.
@@ -675,12 +693,15 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_set_attributes(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start,
 	pgoff_t end = start + nr_pages;
 	struct maple_tree *mt;
 	struct ma_state mas;
-	int r;
+	int r = 0;
 
 	mt = &gi->attributes;
 
 	filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
 
+	if (kvm_gmem_range_has_attributes(inode, start, nr_pages, attrs))
+		goto out;
+
 	mas_init(&mas, mt, start);
 	r = kvm_gmem_mas_preallocate(&mas, attrs, start, nr_pages);
 	if (r) {