diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index a683b5fc4026..48e8608c2738 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -932,10 +932,16 @@ static struct kvm_memory_slot *gfn_to_memslot_dirty_bitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu
  */
 #define KVM_RMAP_LOCKED	BIT(1)
 
-static unsigned long kvm_rmap_lock(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head)
+static unsigned long __kvm_rmap_lock(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head)
 {
 	unsigned long old_val, new_val;
 
+	/*
+	 * Elide the lock if the rmap is empty, as lockless walkers (read-only
+	 * mode) don't need to (and can't) walk an empty rmap, nor can they add
+	 * entries to the rmap.  I.e. the only paths that process empty rmaps
+	 * do so while holding mmu_lock for write, and are mutually exclusive.
+	 */
 	old_val = READ_ONCE(rmap_head->val);
 	if (!old_val)
 		return 0;
@@ -960,17 +966,53 @@ static unsigned long kvm_rmap_lock(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head)
 		new_val = old_val | KVM_RMAP_LOCKED;
 	} while (!try_cmpxchg(&rmap_head->val, &old_val, new_val));
 
-	/* Return the old value, i.e. _without_ the LOCKED bit set. */
+	/*
+	 * Return the old value, i.e. _without_ the LOCKED bit set.  It's
+	 * impossible for the return value to be 0 (see above), i.e. the read-
+	 * only unlock flow can't get a false positive and fail to unlock.
+	 */
 	return old_val;
 }
 
+static unsigned long kvm_rmap_lock(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head)
+{
+	/*
+	 * TODO: Plumb in @kvm and add a lockdep assertion that mmu_lock is
+	 *       held for write.
+	 */
+	return __kvm_rmap_lock(rmap_head);
+}
+
 static void kvm_rmap_unlock(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
 			    unsigned long new_val)
 {
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(new_val & KVM_RMAP_LOCKED);
+	KVM_MMU_WARN_ON(new_val & KVM_RMAP_LOCKED);
 	WRITE_ONCE(rmap_head->val, new_val);
 }
 
+/*
+ * If mmu_lock isn't held, rmaps can only locked in read-only mode.  The actual
+ * locking is the same, but the caller is disallowed from modifying the rmap,
+ * and so the unlock flow is a nop if the rmap is/was empty.
+ */
+__maybe_unused
+static unsigned long kvm_rmap_lock_readonly(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head)
+{
+	return __kvm_rmap_lock(rmap_head);
+}
+
+__maybe_unused
+static void kvm_rmap_unlock_readonly(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
+				     unsigned long old_val)
+{
+	if (!old_val)
+		return;
+
+	KVM_MMU_WARN_ON(old_val != (rmap_head->val & ~KVM_RMAP_LOCKED));
+	WRITE_ONCE(rmap_head->val, old_val);
+}
+
+
 static unsigned long kvm_rmap_get(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head)
 {
 	return READ_ONCE(rmap_head->val) & ~KVM_RMAP_LOCKED;
@@ -1202,23 +1244,18 @@ static u64 *rmap_get_first(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
 			   struct rmap_iterator *iter)
 {
 	unsigned long rmap_val = kvm_rmap_get(rmap_head);
-	u64 *sptep;
 
 	if (!rmap_val)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!(rmap_val & KVM_RMAP_MANY)) {
 		iter->desc = NULL;
-		sptep = (u64 *)rmap_val;
-		goto out;
+		return (u64 *)rmap_val;
 	}
 
 	iter->desc = (struct pte_list_desc *)(rmap_val & ~KVM_RMAP_MANY);
 	iter->pos = 0;
-	sptep = iter->desc->sptes[iter->pos];
-out:
-	BUG_ON(!is_shadow_present_pte(*sptep));
-	return sptep;
+	return iter->desc->sptes[iter->pos];
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1228,14 +1265,11 @@ static u64 *rmap_get_first(struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
  */
 static u64 *rmap_get_next(struct rmap_iterator *iter)
 {
-	u64 *sptep;
-
 	if (iter->desc) {
 		if (iter->pos < PTE_LIST_EXT - 1) {
 			++iter->pos;
-			sptep = iter->desc->sptes[iter->pos];
-			if (sptep)
-				goto out;
+			if (iter->desc->sptes[iter->pos])
+				return iter->desc->sptes[iter->pos];
 		}
 
 		iter->desc = iter->desc->more;
@@ -1243,20 +1277,26 @@ static u64 *rmap_get_next(struct rmap_iterator *iter)
 		if (iter->desc) {
 			iter->pos = 0;
 			/* desc->sptes[0] cannot be NULL */
-			sptep = iter->desc->sptes[iter->pos];
-			goto out;
+			return iter->desc->sptes[iter->pos];
 		}
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
-out:
-	BUG_ON(!is_shadow_present_pte(*sptep));
-	return sptep;
 }
 
-#define for_each_rmap_spte(_rmap_head_, _iter_, _spte_)			\
-	for (_spte_ = rmap_get_first(_rmap_head_, _iter_);		\
-	     _spte_; _spte_ = rmap_get_next(_iter_))
+#define __for_each_rmap_spte(_rmap_head_, _iter_, _sptep_)	\
+	for (_sptep_ = rmap_get_first(_rmap_head_, _iter_);	\
+	     _sptep_; _sptep_ = rmap_get_next(_iter_))
+
+#define for_each_rmap_spte(_rmap_head_, _iter_, _sptep_)	\
+	__for_each_rmap_spte(_rmap_head_, _iter_, _sptep_)	\
+		if (!is_shadow_present_pte(*(_sptep_)))		\
+			BUG();					\
+		else
+
+#define for_each_rmap_spte_lockless(_rmap_head_, _iter_, _sptep_, _spte_)	\
+	__for_each_rmap_spte(_rmap_head_, _iter_, _sptep_)			\
+		if (is_shadow_present_pte(_spte_ = mmu_spte_get_lockless(sptep)))
 
 static void drop_spte(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep)
 {
