diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index de80ae42d044c..556e7a3f35627 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1357,18 +1357,6 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	    !nested_vmcb_valid_sregs(vcpu, save))
 		goto out_free;
 
-	/*
-	 * While the nested guest CR3 is already checked and set by
-	 * KVM_SET_SREGS, it was set when nested state was yet loaded,
-	 * thus MMU might not be initialized correctly.
-	 * Set it again to fix this.
-	 */
-
-	ret = nested_svm_load_cr3(&svm->vcpu, vcpu->arch.cr3,
-				  nested_npt_enabled(svm), false);
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret))
-		goto out_free;
-
 
 	/*
 	 * All checks done, we can enter guest mode. Userspace provides
@@ -1394,6 +1382,20 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
 	nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm);
+
+	/*
+	 * While the nested guest CR3 is already checked and set by
+	 * KVM_SET_SREGS, it was set when nested state was yet loaded,
+	 * thus MMU might not be initialized correctly.
+	 * Set it again to fix this.
+	 */
+
+	ret = nested_svm_load_cr3(&svm->vcpu, vcpu->arch.cr3,
+				  nested_npt_enabled(svm), false);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret))
+		goto out_free;
+
+
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
 	ret = 0;
 out_free: