diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7837fd524296..e8be79db2e0a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2180,12 +2180,12 @@ int kvm_write_guest_offset_cached(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc,
 	if (slots->generation != ghc->generation)
 		__kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(slots, ghc, ghc->gpa, ghc->len);
 
-	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
-		return kvm_write_guest(kvm, gpa, data, len);
-
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
+		return kvm_write_guest(kvm, gpa, data, len);
+
 	r = __copy_to_user((void __user *)ghc->hva + offset, data, len);
 	if (r)
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -2213,12 +2213,12 @@ int kvm_read_guest_cached(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc,
 	if (slots->generation != ghc->generation)
 		__kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(slots, ghc, ghc->gpa, ghc->len);
 
-	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
-		return kvm_read_guest(kvm, ghc->gpa, data, len);
-
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (unlikely(!ghc->memslot))
+		return kvm_read_guest(kvm, ghc->gpa, data, len);
+
 	r = __copy_from_user(data, (void __user *)ghc->hva, len);
 	if (r)
 		return -EFAULT;