#define AVIC_VM_ID_SHIFT               HWEIGHT32(AVIC_PHYSICAL_MAX_INDEX_MASK)
 #define AVIC_VM_ID_MASK                        (GENMASK(31, AVIC_VM_ID_SHIFT) >> AVIC_VM_ID_SHIFT)
 
-#define AVIC_GATAG(x, y)               (((x & AVIC_VM_ID_MASK) << AVIC_VM_ID_SHIFT) | \
-                                               (y & AVIC_VCPU_ID_MASK))
 #define AVIC_GATAG_TO_VMID(x)          ((x >> AVIC_VM_ID_SHIFT) & AVIC_VM_ID_MASK)
 #define AVIC_GATAG_TO_VCPUID(x)                (x & AVIC_VCPU_ID_MASK)
 
-static_assert(AVIC_GATAG(AVIC_VM_ID_MASK, AVIC_VCPU_ID_MASK) == -1u);
+#define __AVIC_GATAG(vm_id, vcpu_id)   ((((vm_id) & AVIC_VM_ID_MASK) << AVIC_VM_ID_SHIFT) | \
+                                        ((vcpu_id) & AVIC_VCPU_ID_MASK))
+#define AVIC_GATAG(vm_id, vcpu_id)                                     \
+({                                                                     \
+       u32 ga_tag = __AVIC_GATAG(vm_id, vcpu_id);                      \
+                                                                       \
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(AVIC_GATAG_TO_VCPUID(ga_tag) != (vcpu_id));        \
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(AVIC_GATAG_TO_VMID(ga_tag) != (vm_id));            \
+       ga_tag;                                                         \
+})
+
+static_assert(__AVIC_GATAG(AVIC_VM_ID_MASK, AVIC_VCPU_ID_MASK) == -1u);
 
 static bool force_avic;
 module_param_unsafe(force_avic, bool, 0444);