diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c
index d1107a9b5d1..00e619bf608 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_32_mmu_host.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int kvmppc_mmu_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvmppc_pte *orig_pte)
 
 	/* Get host physical address for gpa */
 	hpaddr = kvmppc_gfn_to_pfn(vcpu, orig_pte->raddr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	if (is_error_pfn(hpaddr)) {
+	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(hpaddr)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Couldn't get guest page for gfn %lx!\n",
 				 orig_pte->eaddr);
 		r = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
index d0205a545a8..ead58e31729 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_host.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int kvmppc_mmu_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvmppc_pte *orig_pte)
 
 	/* Get host physical address for gpa */
 	hpaddr = kvmppc_gfn_to_pfn(vcpu, orig_pte->raddr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	if (is_error_pfn(hpaddr)) {
+	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(hpaddr)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Couldn't get guest page for gfn %lx!\n", orig_pte->eaddr);
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c
index c73389477d1..6305ee692ef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static inline void kvmppc_e500_shadow_map(struct kvmppc_vcpu_e500 *vcpu_e500,
 	if (likely(!pfnmap)) {
 		unsigned long tsize_pages = 1 << (tsize + 10 - PAGE_SHIFT);
 		pfn = gfn_to_pfn_memslot(slot, gfn);
-		if (is_error_pfn(pfn)) {
+		if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "Couldn't get real page for gfn %lx!\n",
 					(long)gfn);
 			return;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index aabb1289ff0..b875a9ed9b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ static void transparent_hugepage_adjust(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL and there would be no adjustment done
 	 * here.
 	 */
-	if (!is_error_pfn(pfn) && !kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn) &&
+	if (!is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn) && !kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn) &&
 	    level == PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL &&
 	    PageTransCompound(pfn_to_page(pfn)) &&
 	    !has_wrprotected_page(vcpu->kvm, gfn, PT_DIRECTORY_LEVEL)) {
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ static bool handle_abnormal_pfn(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, gfn_t gfn,
 	bool ret = true;
 
 	/* The pfn is invalid, report the error! */
-	if (unlikely(is_invalid_pfn(pfn))) {
+	if (unlikely(is_error_pfn(pfn))) {
 		*ret_val = kvm_handle_bad_page(vcpu, gfn, pfn);
 		goto exit;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index d17decaf1db..891eb6d93b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ FNAME(prefetch_gpte)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
 	protect_clean_gpte(&pte_access, gpte);
 	pfn = pte_prefetch_gfn_to_pfn(vcpu, gfn,
 			no_dirty_log && (pte_access & ACC_WRITE_MASK));
-	if (is_invalid_pfn(pfn))
+	if (is_error_pfn(pfn))
 		return false;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 6e5f069bee3..49fa1f0e59b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4504,7 +4504,7 @@ static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva)
 	 * instruction -> ...
 	 */
 	pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gpa_to_gfn(gpa));
-	if (!is_error_pfn(pfn)) {
+	if (!is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn)) {
 		kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 82e2c783a21..99a47627e04 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -58,28 +58,40 @@
 
 /*
  * For the normal pfn, the highest 12 bits should be zero,
- * so we can mask these bits to indicate the error.
+ * so we can mask bit 62 ~ bit 52  to indicate the error pfn,
+ * mask bit 63 to indicate the noslot pfn.
  */
-#define KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK	(0xfffULL << 52)
+#define KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK	(0x7ffULL << 52)
+#define KVM_PFN_ERR_NOSLOT_MASK	(0xfffULL << 52)
+#define KVM_PFN_NOSLOT		(0x1ULL << 63)
 
 #define KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT	(KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK)
 #define KVM_PFN_ERR_HWPOISON	(KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK + 1)
-#define KVM_PFN_ERR_BAD		(KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK + 2)
-#define KVM_PFN_ERR_RO_FAULT	(KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK + 3)
+#define KVM_PFN_ERR_RO_FAULT	(KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK + 2)
 
+/*
+ * error pfns indicate that the gfn is in slot but faild to
+ * translate it to pfn on host.
+ */
 static inline bool is_error_pfn(pfn_t pfn)
 {
 	return !!(pfn & KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK);
 }
 
-static inline bool is_noslot_pfn(pfn_t pfn)
+/*
+ * error_noslot pfns indicate that the gfn can not be
+ * translated to pfn - it is not in slot or failed to
+ * translate it to pfn.
+ */
+static inline bool is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn_t pfn)
 {
-	return pfn == KVM_PFN_ERR_BAD;
+	return !!(pfn & KVM_PFN_ERR_NOSLOT_MASK);
 }
 
-static inline bool is_invalid_pfn(pfn_t pfn)
+/* noslot pfn indicates that the gfn is not in slot. */
+static inline bool is_noslot_pfn(pfn_t pfn)
 {
-	return !is_noslot_pfn(pfn) && is_error_pfn(pfn);
+	return pfn == KVM_PFN_NOSLOT;
 }
 
 #define KVM_HVA_ERR_BAD		(PAGE_OFFSET)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/iommu.c b/virt/kvm/iommu.c
index 18e1e30019e..4a340cb2301 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/iommu.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/iommu.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static pfn_t kvm_pin_pages(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn,
 	end_gfn = gfn + (size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	gfn    += 1;
 
-	if (is_error_pfn(pfn))
+	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn))
 		return pfn;
 
 	while (gfn < end_gfn)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int kvm_iommu_map_pages(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
 		 * important because we unmap and unpin in 4kb steps later.
 		 */
 		pfn = kvm_pin_pages(slot, gfn, page_size);
-		if (is_error_pfn(pfn)) {
+		if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn)) {
 			gfn += 1;
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index be70035fd42..2fb73191801 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ __gfn_to_pfn_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn, bool atomic,
 		return KVM_PFN_ERR_RO_FAULT;
 
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr))
-		return KVM_PFN_ERR_BAD;
+		return KVM_PFN_NOSLOT;
 
 	/* Do not map writable pfn in the readonly memslot. */
 	if (writable && memslot_is_readonly(slot)) {
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gfn_to_page_many_atomic);
 
 static struct page *kvm_pfn_to_page(pfn_t pfn)
 {
-	if (is_error_pfn(pfn))
+	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn))
 		return KVM_ERR_PTR_BAD_PAGE;
 
 	if (kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn)) {
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_release_page_clean);
 
 void kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn_t pfn)
 {
-	if (!is_error_pfn(pfn) && !kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn))
+	if (!is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn) && !kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn))
 		put_page(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_release_pfn_clean);