diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 3ed74ad60516..e73386c26d2c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2435,6 +2435,41 @@ void kvm_apic_update_apicv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	apic->highest_isr_cache = -1;
 }
 
+int kvm_alloc_apic_access_page(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	void __user *hva;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	if (kvm->arch.apic_access_memslot_enabled)
+		goto out;
+
+	hva = __x86_set_memory_region(kvm, APIC_ACCESS_PAGE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT,
+				      APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (IS_ERR(hva)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(hva);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	page = gfn_to_page(kvm, APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (is_error_page(page)) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Do not pin the page in memory, so that memory hot-unplug
+	 * is able to migrate it.
+	 */
+	put_page(page);
+	kvm->arch.apic_access_memslot_enabled = true;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_alloc_apic_access_page);
+
 void kvm_lapic_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
 {
 	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
index 58c3242fcc7a..8c6442751dab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ int kvm_apic_set_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_lapic_irq *irq,
 		     struct dest_map *dest_map);
 int kvm_apic_local_deliver(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int lvt_type);
 void kvm_apic_update_apicv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+int kvm_alloc_apic_access_page(struct kvm *kvm);
 
 bool kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_lapic *src,
 		struct kvm_lapic_irq *irq, int *r, struct dest_map *dest_map);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index 97ad0661f963..ec28ba4c5f1b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -256,39 +256,6 @@ static u64 *avic_get_physical_id_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return &avic_physical_id_table[index];
 }
 
-/*
- * Note:
- * AVIC hardware walks the nested page table to check permissions,
- * but does not use the SPA address specified in the leaf page
- * table entry since it uses  address in the AVIC_BACKING_PAGE pointer
- * field of the VMCB. Therefore, we set up the
- * APIC_ACCESS_PAGE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT (4KB) here.
- */
-static int avic_alloc_access_page(struct kvm *kvm)
-{
-	void __user *ret;
-	int r = 0;
-
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-
-	if (kvm->arch.apic_access_memslot_enabled)
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = __x86_set_memory_region(kvm,
-				      APIC_ACCESS_PAGE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT,
-				      APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE,
-				      PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (IS_ERR(ret)) {
-		r = PTR_ERR(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	kvm->arch.apic_access_memslot_enabled = true;
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-	return r;
-}
-
 static int avic_init_backing_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u64 *entry, new_entry;
@@ -305,7 +272,13 @@ static int avic_init_backing_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (kvm_apicv_activated(vcpu->kvm)) {
 		int ret;
 
-		ret = avic_alloc_access_page(vcpu->kvm);
+		/*
+		 * Note, AVIC hardware walks the nested page table to check
+		 * permissions, but does not use the SPA address specified in
+		 * the leaf SPTE since it uses address in the AVIC_BACKING_PAGE
+		 * pointer field of the VMCB.
+		 */
+		ret = kvm_alloc_apic_access_page(vcpu->kvm);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 0220e22b89ca..8ed14fcfe870 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3808,39 +3808,6 @@ static void seg_setup(int seg)
 	vmcs_write32(sf->ar_bytes, ar);
 }
 
-static int alloc_apic_access_page(struct kvm *kvm)
-{
-	struct page *page;
-	void __user *hva;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-	if (kvm->arch.apic_access_memslot_enabled)
-		goto out;
-	hva = __x86_set_memory_region(kvm, APIC_ACCESS_PAGE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT,
-				      APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (IS_ERR(hva)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(hva);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	page = gfn_to_page(kvm, APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	if (is_error_page(page)) {
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Do not pin the page in memory, so that memory hot-unplug
-	 * is able to migrate it.
-	 */
-	put_page(page);
-	kvm->arch.apic_access_memslot_enabled = true;
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int allocate_vpid(void)
 {
 	int vpid;
@@ -7394,7 +7361,7 @@ static int vmx_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vmx->loaded_vmcs = &vmx->vmcs01;
 
 	if (cpu_need_virtualize_apic_accesses(vcpu)) {
-		err = alloc_apic_access_page(vcpu->kvm);
+		err = kvm_alloc_apic_access_page(vcpu->kvm);
 		if (err)
 			goto free_vmcs;
 	}