diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
index 910b5d40c6e9..1244c839fd18 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
@@ -293,18 +293,25 @@ static int map_grant_pages(struct grant_map *map)
 		 * to the kernel linear addresses of the struct pages.
 		 * These ptes are completely different from the user ptes dealt
 		 * with find_grant_ptes.
+		 * Note that GNTMAP_device_map isn't needed here: The
+		 * dev_bus_addr output field gets consumed only from ->map_ops,
+		 * and by not requesting it when mapping we also avoid needing
+		 * to mirror dev_bus_addr into ->unmap_ops (and holding an extra
+		 * reference to the page in the hypervisor).
 		 */
+		unsigned int flags = (map->flags & ~GNTMAP_device_map) |
+				     GNTMAP_host_map;
+
 		for (i = 0; i < map->count; i++) {
 			unsigned long address = (unsigned long)
 				pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(map->pages[i]));
 			BUG_ON(PageHighMem(map->pages[i]));
 
-			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], address,
-				map->flags | GNTMAP_host_map,
+			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], address, flags,
 				map->grants[i].ref,
 				map->grants[i].domid);
 			gnttab_set_unmap_op(&map->kunmap_ops[i], address,
-				map->flags | GNTMAP_host_map, -1);
+				flags, -1);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -320,6 +327,9 @@ static int map_grant_pages(struct grant_map *map)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (map->flags & GNTMAP_device_map)
+			map->unmap_ops[i].dev_bus_addr = map->map_ops[i].dev_bus_addr;
+
 		map->unmap_ops[i].handle = map->map_ops[i].handle;
 		if (use_ptemod)
 			map->kunmap_ops[i].handle = map->kmap_ops[i].handle;