diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 08900a0563f9bd1f172cbf3d6695867f592e9912..955de52e0c182907ac670b95d32ab3966f093b50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4256,14 +4256,6 @@ static inline u8 kvm_max_level_for_order(int order)
 	return PG_LEVEL_4K;
 }
 
-static void kvm_mmu_prepare_memory_fault_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
-					      struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
-{
-	kvm_prepare_memory_fault_exit(vcpu, fault->gfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
-				      PAGE_SIZE, fault->write, fault->exec,
-				      fault->is_private);
-}
-
 static int kvm_faultin_pfn_private(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				   struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
index 5390a591a5718cce422958210e3eb91f457bd169..61f49967047ad1a3e2b0f605963f2546441bdbd4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@ enum {
 	RET_PF_SPURIOUS,
 };
 
+static inline void kvm_mmu_prepare_memory_fault_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+						     struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
+{
+	kvm_prepare_memory_fault_exit(vcpu, fault->gfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
+				      PAGE_SIZE, fault->write, fault->exec,
+				      fault->is_private);
+}
+
 static inline int kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 					u32 err, bool prefetch, int *emulation_type)
 {
@@ -320,6 +328,17 @@ static inline int kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 	else
 		r = vcpu->arch.mmu->page_fault(vcpu, &fault);
 
+	/*
+	 * Not sure what's happening, but punt to userspace and hope that
+	 * they can fix it by changing memory to shared, or they can
+	 * provide a better error.
+	 */
+	if (r == RET_PF_EMULATE && fault.is_private) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("kvm: unexpected emulation request on private memory\n");
+		kvm_mmu_prepare_memory_fault_exit(vcpu, &fault);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
 	if (fault.write_fault_to_shadow_pgtable && emulation_type)
 		*emulation_type |= EMULTYPE_WRITE_PF_TO_SP;