diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index d2fec9c..72558f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -273,9 +273,13 @@
 	if (mmu_notifier_retry(vcpu, vcpu->arch.update_pte.mmu_seq))
 		return;
 	kvm_get_pfn(pfn);
+	/*
+	 * we call mmu_set_spte() with reset_host_protection = true beacuse that
+	 * vcpu->arch.update_pte.pfn was fetched from get_user_pages(write = 1).
+	 */
 	mmu_set_spte(vcpu, spte, page->role.access, pte_access, 0, 0,
 		     gpte & PT_DIRTY_MASK, NULL, PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL,
-		     gpte_to_gfn(gpte), pfn, true);
+		     gpte_to_gfn(gpte), pfn, true, true);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -308,7 +312,7 @@
 				     user_fault, write_fault,
 				     gw->ptes[gw->level-1] & PT_DIRTY_MASK,
 				     ptwrite, level,
-				     gw->gfn, pfn, false);
+				     gw->gfn, pfn, false, true);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -558,6 +562,7 @@
 static int FNAME(sync_page)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
 	int i, offset, nr_present;
+	bool reset_host_protection;
 
 	offset = nr_present = 0;
 
@@ -595,9 +600,16 @@
 
 		nr_present++;
 		pte_access = sp->role.access & FNAME(gpte_access)(vcpu, gpte);
+		if (!(sp->spt[i] & SPTE_HOST_WRITEABLE)) {
+			pte_access &= ~ACC_WRITE_MASK;
+			reset_host_protection = 0;
+		} else {
+			reset_host_protection = 1;
+		}
 		set_spte(vcpu, &sp->spt[i], pte_access, 0, 0,
 			 is_dirty_gpte(gpte), PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, gfn,
-			 spte_to_pfn(sp->spt[i]), true, false);
+			 spte_to_pfn(sp->spt[i]), true, false,
+			 reset_host_protection);
 	}
 
 	return !nr_present;