diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
index f9a80354fc8e..fcbf982ab489 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ void kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed(struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, void *pg
  * @prot:	Permissions and attributes for the mapping.
  * @mc:		Cache of pre-allocated and zeroed memory from which to allocate
  *		page-table pages.
+ * @flags:	Flags to control the page-table walk (ex. a shared walk)
  *
  * The offset of @addr within a page is ignored, @size is rounded-up to
  * the next page boundary and @phys is rounded-down to the previous page
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ void kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed(struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, void *pg
  */
 int kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr, u64 size,
 			   u64 phys, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot,
-			   void *mc);
+			   void *mc, enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags flags);
 
 /**
  * kvm_pgtable_stage2_set_owner() - Unmap and annotate pages in the IPA space to
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
index 735769886b55..64058e71d083 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static inline int __host_stage2_idmap(u64 start, u64 end,
 				      enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot)
 {
 	return kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(&host_kvm.pgt, start, end - start, start,
-				      prot, &host_s2_pool);
+				      prot, &host_s2_pool, false);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
index d951829c3876..e947dac07ae1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walker(const struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx *ctx,
 
 int kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr, u64 size,
 			   u64 phys, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot,
-			   void *mc)
+			   void *mc, enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct stage2_map_data map_data = {
@@ -923,7 +923,8 @@ int kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr, u64 size,
 	};
 	struct kvm_pgtable_walker walker = {
 		.cb		= stage2_map_walker,
-		.flags		= KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_TABLE_PRE |
+		.flags		= flags |
+				  KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_TABLE_PRE |
 				  KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF,
 		.arg		= &map_data,
 	};
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 66eede0fbb36..f8e0f9b6c9e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ int kvm_phys_addr_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t guest_ipa,
 
 		write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 		ret = kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(pgt, addr, PAGE_SIZE, pa, prot,
-					     &cache);
+					     &cache, 0);
 		write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
@@ -1121,7 +1121,6 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 	gfn_t gfn;
 	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
 	bool logging_active = memslot_is_logging(memslot);
-	bool use_read_lock = false;
 	unsigned long fault_level = kvm_vcpu_trap_get_fault_level(vcpu);
 	unsigned long vma_pagesize, fault_granule;
 	enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot = KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R;
@@ -1156,8 +1155,6 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 	if (logging_active) {
 		force_pte = true;
 		vma_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
-		use_read_lock = (fault_status == FSC_PERM && write_fault &&
-				 fault_granule == PAGE_SIZE);
 	} else {
 		vma_shift = get_vma_page_shift(vma, hva);
 	}
@@ -1256,15 +1253,7 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 	if (exec_fault && device)
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 
-	/*
-	 * To reduce MMU contentions and enhance concurrency during dirty
-	 * logging dirty logging, only acquire read lock for permission
-	 * relaxation.
-	 */
-	if (use_read_lock)
-		read_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-	else
-		write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+	read_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	pgt = vcpu->arch.hw_mmu->pgt;
 	if (mmu_invalidate_retry(kvm, mmu_seq))
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -1308,15 +1297,12 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 	 * permissions only if vma_pagesize equals fault_granule. Otherwise,
 	 * kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() should be called to change block size.
 	 */
-	if (fault_status == FSC_PERM && vma_pagesize == fault_granule) {
+	if (fault_status == FSC_PERM && vma_pagesize == fault_granule)
 		ret = kvm_pgtable_stage2_relax_perms(pgt, fault_ipa, prot);
-	} else {
-		WARN_ONCE(use_read_lock, "Attempted stage-2 map outside of write lock\n");
-
+	else
 		ret = kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(pgt, fault_ipa, vma_pagesize,
 					     __pfn_to_phys(pfn), prot,
-					     memcache);
-	}
+					     memcache, KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SHARED);
 
 	/* Mark the page dirty only if the fault is handled successfully */
 	if (writable && !ret) {
@@ -1325,10 +1311,7 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 	}
 
 out_unlock:
-	if (use_read_lock)
-		read_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-	else
-		write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+	read_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	kvm_set_pfn_accessed(pfn);
 	kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
 	return ret != -EAGAIN ? ret : 0;
@@ -1534,7 +1517,7 @@ bool kvm_set_spte_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
 	 */
 	kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(kvm->arch.mmu.pgt, range->start << PAGE_SHIFT,
 			       PAGE_SIZE, __pfn_to_phys(pfn),
-			       KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R, NULL);
+			       KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R, NULL, KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_SHARED);
 
 	return false;
 }
