diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
index 050a0e229a4d..f2b36d32ef40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ void kvm_mmu_track_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, const u8 *new,
 
 static inline int kvm_mmu_reload(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_FREE_OBSOLETE_ROOTS, vcpu))
+		kvm_mmu_free_obsolete_roots(vcpu);
+
 	/*
 	 * Checking root.hpa is sufficient even when KVM has mirror root.
 	 * We can have either:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 63bb77ee1bb1..387464ebe8e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -5974,6 +5974,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_free_obsolete_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	__kvm_mmu_free_obsolete_roots(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.root_mmu);
 	__kvm_mmu_free_obsolete_roots(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.guest_mmu);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_free_obsolete_roots);
 
 static u64 mmu_pte_write_fetch_gpte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t *gpa,
 				    int *bytes)