diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
index a45f46d8537f1..c7afee37b2b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_context.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
@@ -1792,16 +1793,21 @@ static int kvmgt_rw_gpa(unsigned long handle, unsigned long gpa,
 	info = (struct kvmgt_guest_info *)handle;
 	kvm = info->kvm;
 
-	if (kthread)
+	if (kthread) {
+		if (!mmget_not_zero(kvm->mm))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		use_mm(kvm->mm);
+	}
 
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
 	ret = write ? kvm_write_guest(kvm, gpa, buf, len) :
 		      kvm_read_guest(kvm, gpa, buf, len);
 	srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx);
 
-	if (kthread)
+	if (kthread) {
 		unuse_mm(kvm->mm);
+		mmput(kvm->mm);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }