diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
index a500cc798..abbdcdafd 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ int32_t create_vm(uint16_t vm_id, uint64_t pcpu_bitmap, struct acrn_vm_config *v
 	vm->hw.created_vcpus = 0U;
 
 	init_ept_pgtable(&vm->arch_vm.ept_pgtable, vm->vm_id);
-	vm->arch_vm.nworld_eptp = alloc_ept_page(vm);
+	vm->arch_vm.nworld_eptp = pgtable_create_root(&vm->arch_vm.ept_pgtable);
 	sanitize_pte((uint64_t *)vm->arch_vm.nworld_eptp, &vm->arch_vm.ept_pgtable);
 
 	(void)memcpy_s(&vm->uuid[0], sizeof(vm->uuid),
diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/mmu.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/mmu.c
index 0c8376d8d..2e4e3e11b 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/mmu.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/mmu.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void init_paging(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate memory for Hypervisor PML4 table */
-	ppt_mmu_pml4_addr = alloc_page(ppt_pgtable.pool);
+	ppt_mmu_pml4_addr = pgtable_create_root(&ppt_pgtable);
 
 	/* Map all memory regions to UC attribute */
 	pgtable_add_map((uint64_t *)ppt_mmu_pml4_addr, 0UL, 0UL, high64_max_ram - 0UL, attr_uc, &ppt_pgtable);
diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/pagetable.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/pagetable.c
index 723542b38..c21df70b1 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/pagetable.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/pagetable.c
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ void pgtable_add_map(uint64_t *pml4_page, uint64_t paddr_base, uint64_t vaddr_ba
 	}
 }
 
+void *pgtable_create_root(const struct pgtable *table)
+{
+	return (uint64_t *)alloc_page(table->pool);
+}
+
 /**
  * @pre (pml4_page != NULL) && (pg_size != NULL)
  */
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/pgtable.h b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/pgtable.h
index d146971ab..055f51c43 100644
--- a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/pgtable.h
+++ b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/pgtable.h
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ static inline uint64_t pdpte_large(uint64_t pdpte)
 	return pdpte & PAGE_PSE;
 }
 
+void *pgtable_create_root(const struct pgtable *table);
 /**
  *@pre (pml4_page != NULL) && (pg_size != NULL)
  */