diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index f72ac1fa35f0..4a814bff21f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static u64 *FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 		shadow_addr = __pa(shadow_page->spt);
 		shadow_pte = shadow_addr | PT_PRESENT_MASK | PT_ACCESSED_MASK
 			| PT_WRITABLE_MASK | PT_USER_MASK;
-		*shadow_ent = shadow_pte;
+		set_shadow_pte(shadow_ent, shadow_pte);
 	}
 
 	mmu_set_spte(vcpu, shadow_ent, access, walker->pte_access & access,