if (sp->unsync && kvm_sync_page_transient(vcpu, sp))
                        break;
 
-               mmu_page_add_parent_pte(vcpu, sp, parent_pte);
-               if (sp->unsync_children) {
+               if (sp->unsync_children)
                        kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
-                       kvm_mmu_mark_parents_unsync(sp);
-               } else if (sp->unsync)
-                       kvm_mmu_mark_parents_unsync(sp);
 
                __clear_sp_write_flooding_count(sp);
                trace_kvm_mmu_get_page(sp, false);
 
        sp = kvm_mmu_alloc_page(vcpu, direct);
 
-       mmu_page_add_parent_pte(vcpu, sp, parent_pte);
-
        sp->gfn = gfn;
        sp->role = role;
        hlist_add_head(&sp->hash_link,
        return __shadow_walk_next(iterator, *iterator->sptep);
 }
 
-static void link_shadow_page(u64 *sptep, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+static void link_shadow_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
+                            struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
        u64 spte;
 
               shadow_user_mask | shadow_x_mask | shadow_accessed_mask;
 
        mmu_spte_set(sptep, spte);
+
+       mmu_page_add_parent_pte(vcpu, sp, sptep);
+
+       if (sp->unsync_children || sp->unsync)
+               mark_unsync(sptep);
 }
 
 static void validate_direct_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
                mmu_page_zap_pte(kvm, sp, sp->spt + i);
 }
 
-static void kvm_mmu_put_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, u64 *parent_pte)
-{
-       mmu_page_remove_parent_pte(sp, parent_pte);
-}
-
 static void kvm_mmu_unlink_parents(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
        u64 *sptep;
                                              iterator.level - 1,
                                              1, ACC_ALL, iterator.sptep);
 
-                       link_shadow_page(iterator.sptep, sp);
+                       link_shadow_page(vcpu, iterator.sptep, sp);
                }
        }
        return emulate;
 
                        goto out_gpte_changed;
 
                if (sp)
-                       link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp);
+                       link_shadow_page(vcpu, it.sptep, sp);
        }
 
        for (;
 
                sp = kvm_mmu_get_page(vcpu, direct_gfn, addr, it.level-1,
                                      true, direct_access, it.sptep);
-               link_shadow_page(it.sptep, sp);
+               link_shadow_page(vcpu, it.sptep, sp);
        }
 
        clear_sp_write_flooding_count(it.sptep);
        return emulate;
 
 out_gpte_changed:
-       if (sp)
-               kvm_mmu_put_page(sp, it.sptep);
        kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
        return 0;
 }