diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index ffa0bd0e033f..22efd016f05e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -405,8 +405,15 @@ static inline void tdp_mmu_set_spte_no_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm,
 			 _mmu->shadow_root_level, _start, _end)
 
 /*
- * Flush the TLB if the process should drop kvm->mmu_lock.
- * Return whether the caller still needs to flush the tlb.
+ * Flush the TLB and yield if the MMU lock is contended or this thread needs to
+ * return control to the scheduler.
+ *
+ * If this function yields, it will also reset the tdp_iter's walk over the
+ * paging structure and the calling function should allow the iterator to
+ * continue its traversal from the paging structure root.
+ *
+ * Return true if this function yielded, the TLBs were flushed, and the
+ * iterator's traversal was reset. Return false if a yield was not needed.
  */
 static bool tdp_mmu_iter_flush_cond_resched(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter)
 {
@@ -414,18 +421,32 @@ static bool tdp_mmu_iter_flush_cond_resched(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *it
 		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
 		cond_resched_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 		tdp_iter_refresh_walk(iter);
-		return false;
-	} else {
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	return false;
 }
 
-static void tdp_mmu_iter_cond_resched(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter)
+/*
+ * Yield if the MMU lock is contended or this thread needs to return control
+ * to the scheduler.
+ *
+ * If this function yields, it will also reset the tdp_iter's walk over the
+ * paging structure and the calling function should allow the iterator to
+ * continue its traversal from the paging structure root.
+ *
+ * Return true if this function yielded and the iterator's traversal was reset.
+ * Return false if a yield was not needed.
+ */
+static bool tdp_mmu_iter_cond_resched(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter)
 {
 	if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&kvm->mmu_lock)) {
 		cond_resched_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 		tdp_iter_refresh_walk(iter);
+		return true;
 	}
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -461,10 +482,8 @@ static bool zap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
 
 		tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, &iter, 0);
 
-		if (can_yield)
-			flush_needed = tdp_mmu_iter_flush_cond_resched(kvm, &iter);
-		else
-			flush_needed = true;
+		flush_needed = !can_yield ||
+			       !tdp_mmu_iter_flush_cond_resched(kvm, &iter);
 	}
 	return flush_needed;
 }
@@ -1061,7 +1080,7 @@ static void zap_collapsible_spte_range(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 		tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, &iter, 0);
 
-		spte_set = tdp_mmu_iter_flush_cond_resched(kvm, &iter);
+		spte_set = !tdp_mmu_iter_flush_cond_resched(kvm, &iter);
 	}
 
 	if (spte_set)