diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index fd9d5fd788f5..f5ea0ba70f07 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -178,11 +178,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_isvalid(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_ISV);
 }
 
-static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_WNR);
-}
-
 static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_issext(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_SSE);
@@ -203,6 +198,12 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iss1tw(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_S1PTW);
 }
 
+static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_WNR) ||
+		kvm_vcpu_dabt_iss1tw(vcpu); /* AF/DBM update */
+}
+
 static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_is_cm(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return !!(kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & ESR_ELx_CM);