diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 43a02891babb23125f52de7fa5373b4bca539b49..928cf84778b0c5470b64c79132f4ecc9906891e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4335,7 +4335,7 @@ static u8 kvm_max_private_mapping_level(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
 	if (req_max_level)
 		max_level = min(max_level, req_max_level);
 
-	return req_max_level;
+	return max_level;
 }
 
 static int kvm_faultin_pfn_private(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,