diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index cb80c293cdd8..3d1134ddb885 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static inline int is_pse(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static inline int is_paging(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	return kvm_read_cr0_bits(vcpu, X86_CR0_PG);
+	return likely(kvm_read_cr0_bits(vcpu, X86_CR0_PG));
 }
 
 static inline u32 bit(int bitno)