diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index 5c0e313ca6..50b5d01432 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -406,9 +406,22 @@ target_ulong kvmppc_configure_v3_mmu(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     }
 }
 
+bool kvmppc_hpt_needs_host_contiguous_pages(void)
+{
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(first_cpu);
+    static struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info smmu_info;
+
+    if (!kvm_enabled()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    kvm_get_smmu_info(cpu, &smmu_info);
+    return !!(smmu_info.flags & KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_REAL);
+}
+
 static bool kvm_valid_page_size(uint32_t flags, long rampgsize, uint32_t shift)
 {
-    if (!(flags & KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_REAL)) {
+    if (!kvmppc_hpt_needs_host_contiguous_pages()) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -445,7 +458,7 @@ static void kvm_fixup_page_sizes(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
     /* If we have HV KVM, we need to forbid CI large pages if our
      * host page size is smaller than 64K.
      */
-    if (smmu_info.flags & KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_REAL) {
+    if (kvmppc_hpt_needs_host_contiguous_pages()) {
         if (getpagesize() >= 0x10000) {
             cpu->hash64_opts->flags |= PPC_HASH64_CI_LARGEPAGE;
         } else {
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
index e2840e1d33..a7ddb8a5d6 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ int kvmppc_resize_hpt_prepare(PowerPCCPU *cpu, target_ulong flags, int shift);
 int kvmppc_resize_hpt_commit(PowerPCCPU *cpu, target_ulong flags, int shift);
 bool kvmppc_pvr_workaround_required(PowerPCCPU *cpu);
 
+bool kvmppc_hpt_needs_host_contiguous_pages(void);
 bool kvmppc_is_mem_backend_page_size_ok(const char *obj_path);
 
 #else
@@ -222,6 +223,11 @@ static inline uint64_t kvmppc_rma_size(uint64_t current_size,
     return ram_size;
 }
 
+static inline bool kvmppc_hpt_needs_host_contiguous_pages(void)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool kvmppc_is_mem_backend_page_size_ok(const char *obj_path)
 {
     return true;