diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
index 20b1c12d749a825c74387232cf0a218f528e280b..c068dbadb700154251bc08b2e5c48f99016083b6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
@@ -782,7 +782,6 @@ 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;
 }
@@ -801,6 +800,7 @@ 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;
 }