gfn_t gfn = gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT;
        struct kvm_mmu_page *page;
        struct kvm_mmu_page *child;
-       struct hlist_node *node;
+       struct hlist_node *node, *n;
        struct hlist_head *bucket;
        unsigned index;
        u64 *spte;
        u64 pte;
        unsigned offset = offset_in_page(gpa);
+       unsigned pte_size;
        unsigned page_offset;
+       unsigned misaligned;
        int level;
 
        pgprintk("%s: gpa %llx bytes %d\n", __FUNCTION__, gpa, bytes);
        index = kvm_page_table_hashfn(gfn) % KVM_NUM_MMU_PAGES;
        bucket = &vcpu->kvm->mmu_page_hash[index];
-       hlist_for_each_entry(page, node, bucket, hash_link) {
+       hlist_for_each_entry_safe(page, node, n, bucket, hash_link) {
                if (page->gfn != gfn || page->role.metaphysical)
                        continue;
+               pte_size = page->role.glevels == PT32_ROOT_LEVEL ? 4 : 8;
+               misaligned = (offset ^ (offset + bytes - 1)) & ~(pte_size - 1);
+               if (misaligned) {
+                       /*
+                        * Misaligned accesses are too much trouble to fix
+                        * up; also, they usually indicate a page is not used
+                        * as a page table.
+                        */
+                       pgprintk("misaligned: gpa %llx bytes %d role %x\n",
+                                gpa, bytes, page->role.word);
+                       kvm_mmu_zap_page(vcpu, page);
+                       continue;
+               }
                page_offset = offset;
                level = page->role.level;
                if (page->role.glevels == PT32_ROOT_LEVEL) {