diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 1432deb75cbb2..f42ad79a31574 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -5925,6 +5925,8 @@ int noinline kvm_mmu_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa, u64 err
 	}
 
 	if (r == RET_PF_INVALID) {
+		vcpu->stat.pf_taken++;
+
 		r = kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(vcpu, cr2_or_gpa, error_code, false,
 					  &emulation_type);
 		if (KVM_BUG_ON(r == RET_PF_INVALID, vcpu->kvm))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
index ce2fcd19ba6be..8efd31b3856b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
@@ -318,14 +318,6 @@ static inline int kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 		fault.slot = kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot(vcpu, fault.gfn);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Async #PF "faults", a.k.a. prefetch faults, are not faults from the
-	 * guest perspective and have already been counted at the time of the
-	 * original fault.
-	 */
-	if (!prefetch)
-		vcpu->stat.pf_taken++;
-
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE) && fault.is_tdp)
 		r = kvm_tdp_page_fault(vcpu, &fault);
 	else