diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 20763598b13b..4bd5251b4477 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -431,11 +431,11 @@ static inline int kvm_arch_vcpu_memslots_id(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
  */
 struct kvm_memslots {
 	u64 generation;
-	struct kvm_memory_slot memslots[KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM];
 	/* The mapping table from slot id to the index in memslots[]. */
 	short id_to_index[KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM];
 	atomic_t lru_slot;
 	int used_slots;
+	struct kvm_memory_slot memslots[];
 };
 
 struct kvm {
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 62e45c64e443..26ccb6c0a461 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static struct kvm_memslots *kvm_alloc_memslots(void)
 		return NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM; i++)
-		slots->id_to_index[i] = slots->memslots[i].id = -1;
+		slots->id_to_index[i] = -1;
 
 	return slots;
 }
@@ -1078,6 +1078,32 @@ static struct kvm_memslots *install_new_memslots(struct kvm *kvm,
 	return old_memslots;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note, at a minimum, the current number of used slots must be allocated, even
+ * when deleting a memslot, as we need a complete duplicate of the memslots for
+ * use when invalidating a memslot prior to deleting/moving the memslot.
+ */
+static struct kvm_memslots *kvm_dup_memslots(struct kvm_memslots *old,
+					     enum kvm_mr_change change)
+{
+	struct kvm_memslots *slots;
+	size_t old_size, new_size;
+
+	old_size = sizeof(struct kvm_memslots) +
+		   (sizeof(struct kvm_memory_slot) * old->used_slots);
+
+	if (change == KVM_MR_CREATE)
+		new_size = old_size + sizeof(struct kvm_memory_slot);
+	else
+		new_size = old_size;
+
+	slots = kvzalloc(new_size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+	if (likely(slots))
+		memcpy(slots, old, old_size);
+
+	return slots;
+}
+
 static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 			   const struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
 			   struct kvm_memory_slot *old,
@@ -1088,10 +1114,9 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 	struct kvm_memslots *slots;
 	int r;
 
-	slots = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_memslots), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+	slots = kvm_dup_memslots(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), change);
 	if (!slots)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memcpy(slots, __kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), sizeof(struct kvm_memslots));
 
 	if (change == KVM_MR_DELETE || change == KVM_MR_MOVE) {
 		/*