diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
index 17920d1b350a..d53d34a33e35 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
@@ -839,9 +839,8 @@ static int vgic_its_cmd_handle_discard(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
 	u32 event_id = its_cmd_get_id(its_cmd);
 	struct its_ite *ite;
 
-
 	ite = find_ite(its, device_id, event_id);
-	if (ite && ite->collection) {
+	if (ite && its_is_collection_mapped(ite->collection)) {
 		/*
 		 * Though the spec talks about removing the pending state, we
 		 * don't bother here since we clear the ITTE anyway and the