diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 233e35dd7245..2c0a9a98272c 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -3429,14 +3429,15 @@ static void *io_uring_validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
 		ptr = ctx->sq_sqes;
 		break;
 	case IORING_OFF_PBUF_RING: {
+		struct io_buffer_list *bl;
 		unsigned int bgid;
 
 		bgid = (offset & ~IORING_OFF_MMAP_MASK) >> IORING_OFF_PBUF_SHIFT;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		ptr = io_pbuf_get_address(ctx, bgid);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		if (!ptr)
-			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		bl = io_pbuf_get_bl(ctx, bgid);
+		if (IS_ERR(bl))
+			return bl;
+		ptr = bl->buf_ring;
+		io_put_bl(ctx, bl);
 		break;
 		}
 	default:
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index f7d1dcc8ae1d..26a00920042c 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int __io_remove_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	return i;
 }
 
-static void io_put_bl(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_buffer_list *bl)
+void io_put_bl(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_buffer_list *bl)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bl->refs)) {
 		__io_remove_buffers(ctx, bl, -1U);
@@ -689,16 +689,35 @@ int io_unregister_pbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void *io_pbuf_get_address(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned long bgid)
+struct io_buffer_list *io_pbuf_get_bl(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
+				      unsigned long bgid)
 {
 	struct io_buffer_list *bl;
+	bool ret;
 
-	bl = __io_buffer_get_list(ctx, bgid);
-
-	if (!bl || !bl->is_mmap)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return bl->buf_ring;
+	/*
+	 * We have to be a bit careful here - we're inside mmap and cannot grab
+	 * the uring_lock. This means the buffer_list could be simultaneously
+	 * going away, if someone is trying to be sneaky. Look it up under rcu
+	 * so we know it's not going away, and attempt to grab a reference to
+	 * it. If the ref is already zero, then fail the mapping. If successful,
+	 * the caller will call io_put_bl() to drop the the reference at at the
+	 * end. This may then safely free the buffer_list (and drop the pages)
+	 * at that point, vm_insert_pages() would've already grabbed the
+	 * necessary vma references.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	bl = xa_load(&ctx->io_bl_xa, bgid);
+	/* must be a mmap'able buffer ring and have pages */
+	ret = false;
+	if (bl && bl->is_mmap)
+		ret = atomic_inc_not_zero(&bl->refs);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (ret)
+		return bl;
+
+	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.h b/io_uring/kbuf.h
index b5c45b1d1486..8d7929369501 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.h
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.h
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ unsigned int __io_put_kbuf(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags);
 
 void io_kbuf_recycle_legacy(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags);
 
-void *io_pbuf_get_address(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned long bgid);
+void io_put_bl(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_buffer_list *bl);
+struct io_buffer_list *io_pbuf_get_bl(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
+				      unsigned long bgid);
 
 static inline void io_kbuf_recycle_ring(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {