diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index f5651a05b6a8..87f1cd0df36e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ int kvm_phys_addr_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t guest_ipa,
 {
 	phys_addr_t addr;
 	int ret = 0;
-	struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache cache = { 0, __GFP_ZERO, NULL, };
+	struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache cache = { .gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO };
 	struct kvm_pgtable *pgt = kvm->arch.mmu.pgt;
 	enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot = KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE |
 				     KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R |
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
index 1c00695ebee7..081f8d2b9cf3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -350,10 +350,7 @@ static int gstage_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, phys_addr_t hpa,
 	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	phys_addr_t addr, end;
-	struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache pcache;
-
-	memset(&pcache, 0, sizeof(pcache));
-	pcache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
+	struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache pcache = { .gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO };
 
 	end = (gpa + size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
 	pfn = __phys_to_pfn(hpa);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index a2bbdf3ab086..3554e48406e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1356,6 +1356,7 @@ void kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(struct kvm *kvm);
 
 #ifdef KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE
 int kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int min);
+int __kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int capacity, int min);
 int kvm_mmu_memory_cache_nr_free_objects(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc);
 void kvm_mmu_free_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc);
 void *kvm_mmu_memory_cache_alloc(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
index f328a01db4fe..4d933518060f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
@@ -85,12 +85,16 @@ struct gfn_to_pfn_cache {
  * MMU flows is problematic, as is triggering reclaim, I/O, etc... while
  * holding MMU locks.  Note, these caches act more like prefetch buffers than
  * classical caches, i.e. objects are not returned to the cache on being freed.
+ *
+ * The @capacity field and @objects array are lazily initialized when the cache
+ * is topped up (__kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache()).
  */
 struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache {
 	int nobjs;
 	gfp_t gfp_zero;
 	struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
-	void *objects[KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE];
+	int capacity;
+	void **objects;
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5b8ae83e09d7..45188d11812c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -396,14 +396,31 @@ static inline void *mmu_memory_cache_alloc_obj(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc,
 		return (void *)__get_free_page(gfp_flags);
 }
 
-int kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int min)
+int __kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int capacity, int min)
 {
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT;
 	void *obj;
 
 	if (mc->nobjs >= min)
 		return 0;
-	while (mc->nobjs < ARRAY_SIZE(mc->objects)) {
-		obj = mmu_memory_cache_alloc_obj(mc, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+
+	if (unlikely(!mc->objects)) {
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!capacity))
+			return -EIO;
+
+		mc->objects = kvmalloc_array(sizeof(void *), capacity, gfp);
+		if (!mc->objects)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		mc->capacity = capacity;
+	}
+
+	/* It is illegal to request a different capacity across topups. */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mc->capacity != capacity))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	while (mc->nobjs < mc->capacity) {
+		obj = mmu_memory_cache_alloc_obj(mc, gfp);
 		if (!obj)
 			return mc->nobjs >= min ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 		mc->objects[mc->nobjs++] = obj;
@@ -411,6 +428,11 @@ int kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int min)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int min)
+{
+	return __kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(mc, KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE, min);
+}
+
 int kvm_mmu_memory_cache_nr_free_objects(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc)
 {
 	return mc->nobjs;
@@ -424,6 +446,11 @@ void kvm_mmu_free_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc)
 		else
 			free_page((unsigned long)mc->objects[--mc->nobjs]);
 	}
+
+	kvfree(mc->objects);
+
+	mc->objects = NULL;
+	mc->capacity = 0;
 }
 
 void *kvm_mmu_memory_cache_alloc(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc)