diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index e431d2d8e368..c7c6df6309d5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 
 	if (kvm_is_device_pfn(pfn)) {
 		device = true;
+		force_pte = true;
 	} else if (logging_active && !write_fault) {
 		/*
 		 * Only actually map the page as writable if this was a write