diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 890b706d194348..21a6fd6c44aff6 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ struct kvm {
 static inline struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus idx)
 {
 	return srcu_dereference_check(kvm->buses[idx], &kvm->srcu,
-				      lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock));
+				      lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock) ||
+				      !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
 }
 
 static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
@@ -570,7 +571,8 @@ void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
 static inline struct kvm_memslots *__kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id)
 {
 	return srcu_dereference_check(kvm->memslots[as_id], &kvm->srcu,
-			lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock));
+			lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock) ||
+			!refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
 }
 
 static inline struct kvm_memslots *kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index f3f74271f1a9f1..15252d723b54e1 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -717,10 +717,9 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	hardware_disable_all();
 out_err_no_disable:
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
-		kfree(rcu_access_pointer(kvm->buses[i]));
+		kfree(kvm_get_bus(kvm, i));
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
-		kvm_free_memslots(kvm,
-			rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->memslots[i], 1));
+		kvm_free_memslots(kvm, __kvm_memslots(kvm, i));
 	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
 	mmdrop(current->mm);
 	return ERR_PTR(r);
@@ -754,9 +753,8 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 	kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++) {
-		struct kvm_io_bus *bus;
+		struct kvm_io_bus *bus = kvm_get_bus(kvm, i);
 
-		bus = rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[i], 1);
 		if (bus)
 			kvm_io_bus_destroy(bus);
 		kvm->buses[i] = NULL;
@@ -770,8 +768,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm_arch_destroy_vm(kvm);
 	kvm_destroy_devices(kvm);
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
-		kvm_free_memslots(kvm,
-			rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->memslots[i], 1));
+		kvm_free_memslots(kvm, __kvm_memslots(kvm, i));
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu);
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu);
 	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);