diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/mmu.rst
index 5bfe28b0728e..20d85daed395 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/mmu.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/mmu.rst
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
     shadow pages) so role.quadrant takes values in the range 0..3.  Each
     quadrant maps 1GB virtual address space.
   role.access:
-    Inherited guest access permissions in the form uwx.  Note execute
-    permission is positive, not negative.
+    Inherited guest access permissions from the parent ptes in the form uwx.
+    Note execute permission is positive, not negative.
   role.invalid:
     The page is invalid and should not be used.  It is a root page that is
     currently pinned (by a cpu hardware register pointing to it); once it is
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
index 70b7e44e3035..823a5919f9fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ struct guest_walker {
 	gpa_t pte_gpa[PT_MAX_FULL_LEVELS];
 	pt_element_t __user *ptep_user[PT_MAX_FULL_LEVELS];
 	bool pte_writable[PT_MAX_FULL_LEVELS];
-	unsigned pt_access;
-	unsigned pte_access;
+	unsigned int pt_access[PT_MAX_FULL_LEVELS];
+	unsigned int pte_access;
 	gfn_t gfn;
 	struct x86_exception fault;
 };
@@ -418,13 +418,15 @@ retry_walk:
 		}
 
 		walker->ptes[walker->level - 1] = pte;
+
+		/* Convert to ACC_*_MASK flags for struct guest_walker.  */
+		walker->pt_access[walker->level - 1] = FNAME(gpte_access)(pt_access ^ walk_nx_mask);
 	} while (!is_last_gpte(mmu, walker->level, pte));
 
 	pte_pkey = FNAME(gpte_pkeys)(vcpu, pte);
 	accessed_dirty = have_ad ? pte_access & PT_GUEST_ACCESSED_MASK : 0;
 
 	/* Convert to ACC_*_MASK flags for struct guest_walker.  */
-	walker->pt_access = FNAME(gpte_access)(pt_access ^ walk_nx_mask);
 	walker->pte_access = FNAME(gpte_access)(pte_access ^ walk_nx_mask);
 	errcode = permission_fault(vcpu, mmu, walker->pte_access, pte_pkey, access);
 	if (unlikely(errcode))
@@ -463,7 +465,8 @@ retry_walk:
 	}
 
 	pgprintk("%s: pte %llx pte_access %x pt_access %x\n",
-		 __func__, (u64)pte, walker->pte_access, walker->pt_access);
+		 __func__, (u64)pte, walker->pte_access,
+		 walker->pt_access[walker->level - 1]);
 	return 1;
 
 error:
@@ -643,7 +646,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t addr,
 	bool huge_page_disallowed = exec && nx_huge_page_workaround_enabled;
 	struct kvm_mmu_page *sp = NULL;
 	struct kvm_shadow_walk_iterator it;
-	unsigned direct_access, access = gw->pt_access;
+	unsigned int direct_access, access;
 	int top_level, level, req_level, ret;
 	gfn_t base_gfn = gw->gfn;
 
@@ -675,6 +678,7 @@ static int FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t addr,
 		sp = NULL;
 		if (!is_shadow_present_pte(*it.sptep)) {
 			table_gfn = gw->table_gfn[it.level - 2];
+			access = gw->pt_access[it.level - 2];
 			sp = kvm_mmu_get_page(vcpu, table_gfn, addr, it.level-1,
 					      false, access);
 		}