diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index f5283438ee05..050974c051b5 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -687,11 +687,23 @@ static void update_memslots(struct kvm_memslots *slots,
 		slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] = i;
 		i++;
 	}
-	while (i > 0 &&
-	       new->base_gfn > mslots[i - 1].base_gfn) {
-		mslots[i] = mslots[i - 1];
-		slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] = i;
-		i--;
+
+	/*
+	 * The ">=" is needed when creating a slot with base_gfn == 0,
+	 * so that it moves before all those with base_gfn == npages == 0.
+	 *
+	 * On the other hand, if new->npages is zero, the above loop has
+	 * already left i pointing to the beginning of the empty part of
+	 * mslots, and the ">=" would move the hole backwards in this
+	 * case---which is wrong.  So skip the loop when deleting a slot.
+	 */
+	if (new->npages) {
+		while (i > 0 &&
+		       new->base_gfn >= mslots[i - 1].base_gfn) {
+			mslots[i] = mslots[i - 1];
+			slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] = i;
+			i--;
+		}
 	}
 
 	mslots[i] = *new;