diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 2988df5c1e3e..68d0f086de6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2047,12 +2047,18 @@ static void shadow_walk_next(struct kvm_shadow_walk_iterator *iterator)
 	return __shadow_walk_next(iterator, *iterator->sptep);
 }
 
-static void link_shadow_page(u64 *sptep, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+static void link_shadow_page(u64 *sptep, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, bool accessed)
 {
 	u64 spte;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(VMX_EPT_READABLE_MASK != PT_PRESENT_MASK ||
+			VMX_EPT_WRITABLE_MASK != PT_WRITABLE_MASK);
+
 	spte = __pa(sp->spt) | PT_PRESENT_MASK | PT_WRITABLE_MASK |
-	       shadow_user_mask | shadow_x_mask | shadow_accessed_mask;
+	       shadow_user_mask | shadow_x_mask;
+
+	if (accessed)
+		spte |= shadow_accessed_mask;
 
 	mmu_spte_set(sptep, spte);
 }
@@ -2677,7 +2683,7 @@ static int __direct_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t v, int write,
 					      iterator.level - 1,
 					      1, ACC_ALL, iterator.sptep);
 
-			link_shadow_page(iterator.sptep, sp);
+			link_shadow_page(iterator.sptep, sp, true);
 		}
 	}
 	return emulate;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 893768825725..50b8679d4dd8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 			goto out_gpte_changed;
 
 		if (sp)
-			link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp);
+			link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp, PT_GUEST_ACCESSED_MASK);
 	}
 
 	for (;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 
 		sp = kvm_mmu_get_page(vcpu, direct_gfn, addr, it.level-1,
 				      true, direct_access, it.sptep);
-		link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp);
+		link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp, PT_GUEST_ACCESSED_MASK);
 	}
 
 	clear_sp_write_flooding_count(it.sptep);