diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
index 5187fcf4b610..d26fcad13e36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ KVM_X86_OP(vcpu_deliver_sipi_vector)
 KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(vcpu_get_apicv_inhibit_reasons);
 KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(get_untagged_addr)
 KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(alloc_apic_backing_page)
+KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(gmem_prepare)
 
 #undef KVM_X86_OP
 #undef KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 01c69840647e..f101fab0040e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1809,6 +1809,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops {
 
 	gva_t (*get_untagged_addr)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, unsigned int flags);
 	void *(*alloc_apic_backing_page)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+	int (*gmem_prepare)(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn, gfn_t gfn, int max_order);
 };
 
 struct kvm_x86_nested_ops {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 2d2619d3eee4..972524ddcfdb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -13598,6 +13598,12 @@ bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_arch_no_poll);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_GMEM_PREPARE
+int kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, int max_order)
+{
+	return static_call(kvm_x86_gmem_prepare)(kvm, pfn, gfn, max_order);
+}
+#endif
 
 int kvm_spec_ctrl_test_value(u64 value)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 48f31dcd318a..33ed3b884a6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2445,4 +2445,9 @@ static inline int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEM */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_GMEM_PREPARE
+int kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, int max_order);
+bool kvm_arch_gmem_prepare_needed(struct kvm *kvm);
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/virt/kvm/Kconfig b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
index 29b73eedfe74..ca870157b2ed 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -109,3 +109,7 @@ config KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM
        select KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
        select KVM_PRIVATE_MEM
        bool
+
+config HAVE_KVM_GMEM_PREPARE
+       bool
+       depends on KVM_PRIVATE_MEM
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index e5b3cd02b651..486748e65f36 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -13,12 +13,60 @@ struct kvm_gmem {
 	struct list_head entry;
 };
 
-static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_GMEM_PREPARE
+bool __weak kvm_arch_gmem_prepare_needed(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int kvm_gmem_prepare_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index, struct folio *folio)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_GMEM_PREPARE
+	struct list_head *gmem_list = &inode->i_mapping->i_private_list;
+	struct kvm_gmem *gmem;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(gmem, gmem_list, entry) {
+		struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
+		struct kvm *kvm = gmem->kvm;
+		struct page *page;
+		kvm_pfn_t pfn;
+		gfn_t gfn;
+		int rc;
+
+		if (!kvm_arch_gmem_prepare_needed(kvm))
+			continue;
+
+		slot = xa_load(&gmem->bindings, index);
+		if (!slot)
+			continue;
+
+		page = folio_file_page(folio, index);
+		pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+		gfn = slot->base_gfn + index - slot->gmem.pgoff;
+		rc = kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(kvm, gfn, pfn, compound_order(compound_head(page)));
+		if (rc) {
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("gmem: Failed to prepare folio for index %lx, error %d.\n",
+					    index, rc);
+			return rc;
+		}
+	}
+
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index, bool prepare)
 {
 	struct folio *folio;
+	fgf_t fgp_flags = FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED | FGP_CREAT;
+
+	if (!prepare)
+		fgp_flags |= FGP_CREAT_ONLY;
 
 	/* TODO: Support huge pages. */
-	folio = filemap_grab_folio(inode->i_mapping, index);
+	folio = __filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping, index, fgp_flags,
+				    mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping));
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio))
 		return folio;
 
@@ -41,6 +89,15 @@ static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
 		folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
 	}
 
+	if (prepare) {
+		int r =	kvm_gmem_prepare_folio(inode, index, folio);
+		if (r < 0) {
+			folio_unlock(folio);
+			folio_put(folio);
+			return ERR_PTR(r);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Ignore accessed, referenced, and dirty flags.  The memory is
 	 * unevictable and there is no storage to write back to.
@@ -145,7 +202,7 @@ static long kvm_gmem_allocate(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(inode, index);
+		folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(inode, index, true);
 		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio)) {
 			r = folio ? PTR_ERR(folio) : -ENOMEM;
 			break;
@@ -505,7 +562,7 @@ int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 		goto out_fput;
 	}
 
-	folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(file_inode(file), index);
+	folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(file_inode(file), index, true);
 	if (!folio) {
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_fput;
