}
 }
 
-/**
- * tdp_mmu_link_sp() - Add a new shadow page to the list of used pages
- *
- * @kvm: kvm instance
- * @sp: the new page
- * @account_nx: This page replaces a NX large page and should be marked for
- *             eventual reclaim.
- */
-static void tdp_mmu_link_sp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
-                           bool account_nx)
-{
-       spin_lock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);
-       list_add(&sp->link, &kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages);
-       if (account_nx)
-               account_huge_nx_page(kvm, sp);
-       spin_unlock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);
-}
-
 /**
  * tdp_mmu_unlink_sp() - Remove a shadow page from the list of used pages
  *
        return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * tdp_mmu_link_sp_atomic - Atomically replace the given spte with an spte
+ * pointing to the provided page table.
+ *
+ * @kvm: kvm instance
+ * @iter: a tdp_iter instance currently on the SPTE that should be set
+ * @sp: The new TDP page table to install.
+ * @account_nx: True if this page table is being installed to split a
+ *              non-executable huge page.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if the new page table was installed. Non-0 if the page table
+ *          could not be installed (e.g. the atomic compare-exchange failed).
+ */
+static int tdp_mmu_link_sp_atomic(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
+                                 struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, bool account_nx)
+{
+       u64 spte = make_nonleaf_spte(sp->spt, !shadow_accessed_mask);
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = tdp_mmu_set_spte_atomic(kvm, iter, spte);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       spin_lock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);
+       list_add(&sp->link, &kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages);
+       if (account_nx)
+               account_huge_nx_page(kvm, sp);
+       spin_unlock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Handle a TDP page fault (NPT/EPT violation/misconfiguration) by installing
  * page tables and SPTEs to translate the faulting guest physical address.
        struct kvm_mmu *mmu = vcpu->arch.mmu;
        struct tdp_iter iter;
        struct kvm_mmu_page *sp;
-       u64 *child_pt;
-       u64 new_spte;
        int ret;
 
        kvm_mmu_hugepage_adjust(vcpu, fault);
                }
 
                if (!is_shadow_present_pte(iter.old_spte)) {
+                       bool account_nx = fault->huge_page_disallowed &&
+                                         fault->req_level >= iter.level;
+
                        /*
                         * If SPTE has been frozen by another thread, just
                         * give up and retry, avoiding unnecessary page table
                                break;
 
                        sp = tdp_mmu_alloc_sp(vcpu, iter.gfn, iter.level - 1);
-                       child_pt = sp->spt;
-
-                       new_spte = make_nonleaf_spte(child_pt,
-                                                    !shadow_accessed_mask);
-
-                       if (!tdp_mmu_set_spte_atomic(vcpu->kvm, &iter, new_spte)) {
-                               tdp_mmu_link_sp(vcpu->kvm, sp,
-                                               fault->huge_page_disallowed &&
-                                               fault->req_level >= iter.level);
-
-                               trace_kvm_mmu_get_page(sp, true);
-                       } else {
+                       if (tdp_mmu_link_sp_atomic(vcpu->kvm, &iter, sp, account_nx)) {
                                tdp_mmu_free_sp(sp);
                                break;
                        }