diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index c5734ca5c17d..440fd8f80397 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -1273,6 +1273,8 @@ int kvm_tdp_mmu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
 	struct kvm_mmu_page *sp;
 	int ret = RET_PF_RETRY;
 
+	KVM_MMU_WARN_ON(!root || root->role.invalid);
+
 	kvm_mmu_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, fault);
 
 	trace_kvm_mmu_spte_requested(fault);