diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index ba4faeb324374..8f2108e86b02f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7315,7 +7315,7 @@ static int emulator_cmpxchg_emulated(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 		goto emul_write;
 
 	hva = kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_hva(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(gpa));
-	if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr))
+	if (kvm_is_error_hva(hva))
 		goto emul_write;
 
 	hva += offset_in_page(gpa);