diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index b61534c7a4c4..5e4686d70f62 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -863,15 +863,16 @@ static void xen_alloc_ptpage(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pfn, unsigned l
 	if (PagePinned(virt_to_page(mm->pgd))) {
 		SetPagePinned(page);
 
+		vm_unmap_aliases();
 		if (!PageHighMem(page)) {
 			make_lowmem_page_readonly(__va(PFN_PHYS((unsigned long)pfn)));
 			if (level == PT_PTE && USE_SPLIT_PTLOCKS)
 				pin_pagetable_pfn(MMUEXT_PIN_L1_TABLE, pfn);
-		} else
+		} else {
 			/* make sure there are no stray mappings of
 			   this page */
 			kmap_flush_unused();
-			vm_unmap_aliases();
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index aba77b2b7d18..89f3b6edc65a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -850,13 +850,16 @@ static int xen_pin_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *page,
    read-only, and can be pinned. */
 static void __xen_pgd_pin(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 {
+	vm_unmap_aliases();
+
 	xen_mc_batch();
 
-	if (xen_pgd_walk(mm, xen_pin_page, USER_LIMIT)) {
-		/* re-enable interrupts for kmap_flush_unused */
+	 if (xen_pgd_walk(mm, xen_pin_page, USER_LIMIT)) {
+		/* re-enable interrupts for flushing */
 		xen_mc_issue(0);
+
 		kmap_flush_unused();
-		vm_unmap_aliases();
+
 		xen_mc_batch();
 	}