diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index fa57db06f322..f1cec0f8e3d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ static u64 mmu_spte_clear_track_bits(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep)
 
 	if (!is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte) ||
 	    !spte_has_volatile_bits(old_spte))
-		__update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, 0ull);
+		__update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
 	else
-		old_spte = __update_clear_spte_slow(sptep, 0ull);
+		old_spte = __update_clear_spte_slow(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
 
 	if (!is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte))
 		return old_spte;
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static u64 mmu_spte_clear_track_bits(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep)
  */
 static void mmu_spte_clear_no_track(u64 *sptep)
 {
-	__update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, 0ull);
+	__update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
 }
 
 static u64 mmu_spte_get_lockless(u64 *sptep)
@@ -1950,7 +1950,8 @@ static bool kvm_sync_page_check(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 
 static int kvm_sync_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, int i)
 {
-	if (!sp->spt[i])
+	/* sp->spt[i] has initial value of shadow page table allocation */
+	if (sp->spt[i] == SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE)
 		return 0;
 
 	return vcpu->arch.mmu->sync_spte(vcpu, sp, i);
@@ -6129,7 +6130,16 @@ int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.mmu_page_header_cache.kmem_cache = mmu_page_header_cache;
 	vcpu->arch.mmu_page_header_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
 
-	vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
+	/*
+	 * When X86_64, initial SEPT entries are initialized with
+	 * SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE.  Otherwise zeroed.  See
+	 * mmu_memory_cache_alloc_obj().
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64))
+		vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.init_value =
+			SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE;
+	if (!vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.init_value)
+		vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
 
 	vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
 	vcpu->arch.walk_mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
index 4d4e98fe4f35..bebd73cd61bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static int FNAME(sync_spte)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, int
 	gpa_t pte_gpa;
 	gfn_t gfn;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sp->spt[i]))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(sp->spt[i] == SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE))
 		return 0;
 
 	first_pte_gpa = FNAME(get_level1_sp_gpa)(sp);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
index a129951c9a88..4d1799ba2bf8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ static_assert(MMIO_SPTE_GEN_LOW_BITS == 8 && MMIO_SPTE_GEN_HIGH_BITS == 11);
 
 #define MMIO_SPTE_GEN_MASK		GENMASK_ULL(MMIO_SPTE_GEN_LOW_BITS + MMIO_SPTE_GEN_HIGH_BITS - 1, 0)
 
+#define SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE	0ULL
+
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_host_writable_mask;
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_mmu_writable_mask;
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_nx_mask;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index 6ae19b4ee5b1..bdeb23ff9e71 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static inline int tdp_mmu_zap_spte_atomic(struct kvm *kvm,
 	 * here since the SPTE is going from non-present to non-present.  Use
 	 * the raw write helper to avoid an unnecessary check on volatile bits.
 	 */
-	__kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(iter->sptep, 0);
+	__kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(iter->sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -707,8 +707,8 @@ static void __tdp_mmu_zap_root(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
 			continue;
 
 		if (!shared)
-			tdp_mmu_iter_set_spte(kvm, &iter, 0);
-		else if (tdp_mmu_set_spte_atomic(kvm, &iter, 0))
+			tdp_mmu_iter_set_spte(kvm, &iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
+		else if (tdp_mmu_set_spte_atomic(kvm, &iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE))
 			goto retry;
 	}
 }
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ bool kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_sp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte)))
 		return false;
 
-	tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, kvm_mmu_page_as_id(sp), sp->ptep, old_spte, 0,
-			 sp->gfn, sp->role.level + 1);
+	tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, kvm_mmu_page_as_id(sp), sp->ptep, old_spte,
+			 SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE, sp->gfn, sp->role.level + 1);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ static bool tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
 		    !is_last_spte(iter.old_spte, iter.level))
 			continue;
 
-		tdp_mmu_iter_set_spte(kvm, &iter, 0);
+		tdp_mmu_iter_set_spte(kvm, &iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
 		flush = true;
 	}
 
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static bool set_spte_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
 	 * invariant that the PFN of a present * leaf SPTE can never change.
 	 * See handle_changed_spte().
 	 */
-	tdp_mmu_iter_set_spte(kvm, iter, 0);
+	tdp_mmu_iter_set_spte(kvm, iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
 
 	if (!pte_write(range->arg.pte)) {
 		new_spte = kvm_mmu_changed_pte_notifier_make_spte(iter->old_spte,
