diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
index 42bcce7fec86b7c4ddbb1899a08690d3d4ab83aa..20b1c12d749a825c74387232cf0a218f528e280b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
@@ -601,7 +601,11 @@ static struct vgic_irq *vgic_its_check_cache(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t db,
 	cacheid = cpu % LPI_TRANS_CACHES_NUM;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dist->lpi_translation_cache[cacheid].lpi_cache_lock, flags);
+
 	irq = __vgic_its_check_cache(dist, db, devid, eventid, cacheid);
+	if (irq)
+		vgic_get_irq_kref(irq);
+
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dist->lpi_translation_cache[cacheid].lpi_cache_lock, flags);
 
 	return irq;
@@ -778,6 +782,7 @@ static int vgic_its_trigger_msi(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
 	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;
 }