Ronaldo can be seen raising his right hand to the head of Pere Pons and then dragging his palm across his face as they both tussled for the ball.
Pons then falls to the floor.
The Madrid star - who was subjected to chants of "Messi!" during the game - served a five-match ban at the start of the season and missed the first four matches of La Liga.
He was banned one game for receiving two yellow cards in the Super Cup win over Barcelona in August and another four for pushing the referee after he was sent off.
After an appeal failed, Ronaldo described that ban as "incomprehensible" in a lengthy post on social media.
Madrid have never won La Liga when being eight points behind in the table.
Zinedine Zidane's side currently sit eight behind leaders Barcelona, who last night beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and Paulinho.
Real's defeat ended a run of 13 wins in a row away from home by a side in La Liga - the best on ever in the competition.
And it was a bad night for Ronaldo's team-mate Karim Benzema too.
The France striker failed to score against the underdogs - the only side he has not netted against among the 32 he has faced.
Girona were well worth the win.
They twice hit the post in the first half and were unlucky to go behind to an Isco goal after he netted on the break.
But two goals in four second-half minutes turned the tide.
Former Middlesbrough star Cristhian Stuani scored first and striker Portu the second.
The remarkable upset also marked the first time a Catalan side other than Barcelona had beaten Los Blancos in La Liga for more than ten years.
Espanyol were the last team to get the better of them back in October 2007.
And as fate would have it their coach that day was Ernesto Valverde, who is now boss at the Nou Camp.
Boss Zidane insisted he is not worried about his side's dip.
He said: "We know we can turn this around. We will have better days and our rivals will lose points over the course of the season.
"There is nothing more we can do, and we know that sooner or later things will turn.
"There is a long way to go and I am not worried."
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