diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 4cdab4b4eff1..ced9fba32598 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ static void free_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vmx->vmcs01.shadow_vmcs = NULL;
 	}
 	kfree(vmx->nested.cached_vmcs12);
+	vmx->nested.cached_vmcs12 = NULL;
 	kfree(vmx->nested.cached_shadow_vmcs12);
+	vmx->nested.cached_shadow_vmcs12 = NULL;
 	/* Unpin physical memory we referred to in the vmcs02 */
 	if (vmx->nested.apic_access_page) {
 		kvm_release_page_dirty(vmx->nested.apic_access_page);