diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
index c81990937ab4d7f93dec479df1aca3cea8f352ed..566d19b024836519c0ef54f6ecf025775c8eadcd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(vcpu_get_apicv_inhibit_reasons);
 KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(get_untagged_addr)
 KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(alloc_apic_backing_page)
 KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(gmem_prepare)
+KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(private_max_mapping_level)
 KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(gmem_invalidate)
 
 #undef KVM_X86_OP
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 51bb4b785d6ac20c3b73580d354002149eee423b..0804b6019673e5bbd2fb20fccca85c5657bc2b44 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops {
 	void *(*alloc_apic_backing_page)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	int (*gmem_prepare)(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn, gfn_t gfn, int max_order);
 	void (*gmem_invalidate)(kvm_pfn_t start, kvm_pfn_t end);
+	int (*private_max_mapping_level)(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn);
 };
 
 struct kvm_x86_nested_ops {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 5ae0f2f503b49729721e11819ccb2a8d59827bc4..bce8e18ba1dfc62f21bdc5b80fcfa3bb31a858c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4270,6 +4270,25 @@ static inline u8 kvm_max_level_for_order(int order)
 	return PG_LEVEL_4K;
 }
 
+static u8 kvm_max_private_mapping_level(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
+					u8 max_level, int gmem_order)
+{
+	u8 req_max_level;
+
+	if (max_level == PG_LEVEL_4K)
+		return PG_LEVEL_4K;
+
+	max_level = min(kvm_max_level_for_order(gmem_order), max_level);
+	if (max_level == PG_LEVEL_4K)
+		return PG_LEVEL_4K;
+
+	req_max_level = static_call(kvm_x86_private_max_mapping_level)(kvm, pfn);
+	if (req_max_level)
+		max_level = min(max_level, req_max_level);
+
+	return req_max_level;
+}
+
 static int kvm_faultin_pfn_private(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				   struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
 {
@@ -4287,9 +4306,9 @@ static int kvm_faultin_pfn_private(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	fault->max_level = min(kvm_max_level_for_order(max_order),
-			       fault->max_level);
 	fault->map_writable = !(fault->slot->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY);
+	fault->max_level = kvm_max_private_mapping_level(vcpu->kvm, fault->pfn,
+							 fault->max_level, max_order);
 
 	return RET_PF_CONTINUE;
 }