diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index e6ce39a798b8fd0d3eb0dc4103e9b2aa98685a8e..8f19ea752704282672674e12777c20173b3b3ecd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -2696,8 +2696,8 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 	if (*sptep == spte) {
 		ret = RET_PF_SPURIOUS;
 	} else {
-		trace_kvm_mmu_set_spte(level, gfn, sptep);
 		flush |= mmu_spte_update(sptep, spte);
+		trace_kvm_mmu_set_spte(level, gfn, sptep);
 	}
 
 	if (wrprot) {