diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.c
index 79fe2e66bb49..6b94cc0bf45b 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.c
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ static void pds_vfio_put_lm_file(struct pds_vfio_lm_file *lm_file)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&lm_file->lock);
 
+	lm_file->disabled = true;
 	lm_file->size = 0;
 	lm_file->alloc_size = 0;
+	lm_file->filep->f_pos = 0;
 
 	/* Free scatter list of file pages */
 	sg_free_table(&lm_file->sg_table);
@@ -183,6 +185,12 @@ static ssize_t pds_vfio_save_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 	pos = &filp->f_pos;
 
 	mutex_lock(&lm_file->lock);
+
+	if (lm_file->disabled) {
+		done = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	if (*pos > lm_file->size) {
 		done = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -283,6 +291,11 @@ static ssize_t pds_vfio_restore_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 
 	mutex_lock(&lm_file->lock);
 
+	if (lm_file->disabled) {
+		done = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	while (len) {
 		size_t page_offset;
 		struct page *page;
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.h b/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.h
index 13be893198b7..9511b1afc6a1 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/pds/lm.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct pds_vfio_lm_file {
 	struct scatterlist *last_offset_sg;	/* Iterator */
 	unsigned int sg_last_entry;
 	unsigned long last_offset;
+	bool disabled;
 };
 
 struct pds_vfio_pci_device;