diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 7723865077fdc0a054b68a6c4bebc9433512a2a7..24dac52b7bde2ad405518b3cd9dc916aa012633a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 
 	u64 reserved_gpa_bits;
 	int maxphyaddr;
-	int max_tdp_level;
 
 	/* emulate context */
 
@@ -1766,8 +1765,8 @@ void kvm_mmu_invalidate_gva(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu,
 void kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, unsigned long pcid);
 void kvm_mmu_new_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd);
 
-void kvm_configure_mmu(bool enable_tdp, int tdp_max_root_level,
-		       int tdp_huge_page_level);
+void kvm_configure_mmu(bool enable_tdp, int tdp_forced_root_level,
+		       int tdp_max_root_level, int tdp_huge_page_level);
 
 static inline u16 kvm_read_ldt(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index bfd2705a72913a7f202b7ef51a0b261371620425..b2e68ce8b7229d2ffd107bd158e22d0ca106e1ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ module_param_named(flush_on_reuse, force_flush_and_sync_on_reuse, bool, 0644);
 bool tdp_enabled = false;
 
 static int max_huge_page_level __read_mostly;
+static int tdp_root_level __read_mostly;
 static int max_tdp_level __read_mostly;
 
 enum {
@@ -4684,6 +4685,10 @@ static union kvm_mmu_role kvm_calc_mmu_role_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 static inline int kvm_mmu_get_tdp_level(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	/* tdp_root_level is architecture forced level, use it if nonzero */
+	if (tdp_root_level)
+		return tdp_root_level;
+
 	/* Use 5-level TDP if and only if it's useful/necessary. */
 	if (max_tdp_level == 5 && cpuid_maxphyaddr(vcpu) <= 48)
 		return 4;
@@ -5375,10 +5380,11 @@ void kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, unsigned long pcid)
 	 */
 }
 
-void kvm_configure_mmu(bool enable_tdp, int tdp_max_root_level,
-		       int tdp_huge_page_level)
+void kvm_configure_mmu(bool enable_tdp, int tdp_forced_root_level,
+		       int tdp_max_root_level, int tdp_huge_page_level)
 {
 	tdp_enabled = enable_tdp;
+	tdp_root_level = tdp_forced_root_level;
 	max_tdp_level = tdp_max_root_level;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index e45259177009e7a3d293f77bf4bbd7e2f28e110c..bcffae2e36d22556ffac586b0ca324b5a768f867 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,9 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NPT))
 		npt_enabled = false;
 
-	kvm_configure_mmu(npt_enabled, get_max_npt_level(), PG_LEVEL_1G);
+	/* Force VM NPT level equal to the host's max NPT level */
+	kvm_configure_mmu(npt_enabled, get_max_npt_level(),
+			  get_max_npt_level(), PG_LEVEL_1G);
 	pr_info("kvm: Nested Paging %sabled\n", npt_enabled ? "en" : "dis");
 
 	/* Note, SEV setup consumes npt_enabled. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index cd913100b300720998a896f9bca9d80ba0387a3f..fada1055f32500058368806a71df325f9e3d1164 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7820,7 +7820,8 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
 		ept_lpage_level = PG_LEVEL_2M;
 	else
 		ept_lpage_level = PG_LEVEL_4K;
-	kvm_configure_mmu(enable_ept, vmx_get_max_tdp_level(), ept_lpage_level);
+	kvm_configure_mmu(enable_ept, 0, vmx_get_max_tdp_level(),
+			  ept_lpage_level);
 
 	/*
 	 * Only enable PML when hardware supports PML feature, and both EPT