diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
index e06bb8ed7688..0533881bd2ab 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
@@ -581,7 +581,11 @@ static struct vgic_irq *vgic_its_check_cache(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t db,
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dist->lpi_list_lock, flags);
+
 	irq = __vgic_its_check_cache(dist, db, devid, eventid);
+	if (irq)
+		vgic_get_irq_kref(irq);
+
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dist->lpi_list_lock, flags);
 
 	return irq;
@@ -761,6 +765,7 @@ int vgic_its_inject_cached_translation(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_msi *msi)
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&irq->irq_lock, flags);
 	irq->pending_latch = true;
 	vgic_queue_irq_unlock(kvm, irq, flags);
+	vgic_put_irq(kvm, irq);
 
 	return 0;
 }