diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
index 806ecd32219b..dc3b4dc4d507 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
@@ -36,20 +36,43 @@ static struct page *fb_deferred_io_page(struct fb_info *info, unsigned long offs
 	return page;
 }
 
+static struct fb_deferred_io_pageref *fb_deferred_io_pageref_lookup(struct fb_info *info,
+								    unsigned long offset,
+								    struct page *page)
+{
+	unsigned long pgoff = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct fb_deferred_io_pageref *pageref;
+
+	if (fb_WARN_ON_ONCE(info, pgoff >= info->npagerefs))
+		return NULL; /* incorrect allocation size */
+
+	/* 1:1 mapping between pageref and page offset */
+	pageref = &info->pagerefs[pgoff];
+
+	if (pageref->page)
+		goto out;
+
+	pageref->page = page;
+	pageref->offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pageref->list);
+
+out:
+	if (fb_WARN_ON_ONCE(info, pageref->page != page))
+		return NULL; /* inconsistent state */
+	return pageref;
+}
+
 static struct fb_deferred_io_pageref *fb_deferred_io_pageref_get(struct fb_info *info,
 								 unsigned long offset,
 								 struct page *page)
 {
 	struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio = info->fbdefio;
 	struct list_head *pos = &fbdefio->pagereflist;
-	unsigned long pgoff = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct fb_deferred_io_pageref *pageref, *cur;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pgoff >= info->npagerefs))
-		return NULL; /* incorrect allocation size */
-
-	/* 1:1 mapping between pageref and page offset */
-	pageref = &info->pagerefs[pgoff];
+	pageref = fb_deferred_io_pageref_lookup(info, offset, page);
+	if (!pageref)
+		return NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 * This check is to catch the case where a new process could start
@@ -60,9 +83,6 @@ static struct fb_deferred_io_pageref *fb_deferred_io_pageref_get(struct fb_info
 	if (!list_empty(&pageref->list))
 		goto pageref_already_added;
 
-	pageref->page = page;
-	pageref->offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
-
 	if (unlikely(fbdefio->sort_pagereflist)) {
 		/*
 		 * We loop through the list of pagerefs before adding in
@@ -264,7 +284,7 @@ int fb_deferred_io_init(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio = info->fbdefio;
 	struct fb_deferred_io_pageref *pagerefs;
-	unsigned long npagerefs, i;
+	unsigned long npagerefs;
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(!fbdefio);
@@ -286,8 +306,6 @@ int fb_deferred_io_init(struct fb_info *info)
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;
 	}
-	for (i = 0; i < npagerefs; ++i)
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pagerefs[i].list);
 	info->npagerefs = npagerefs;
 	info->pagerefs = pagerefs;