diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index 2bac1cbc5ec84..5de38b2ee9acd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -694,8 +694,11 @@ int virtio_gpu_cmd_get_capset(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
 	int max_size;
 	struct virtio_gpu_drv_cap_cache *cache_ent;
+	struct virtio_gpu_drv_cap_cache *search_ent;
 	void *resp_buf;
 
+	*cache_p = NULL;
+
 	if (idx >= vgdev->num_capsets)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -726,9 +729,26 @@ int virtio_gpu_cmd_get_capset(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	atomic_set(&cache_ent->is_valid, 0);
 	cache_ent->size = max_size;
 	spin_lock(&vgdev->display_info_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&cache_ent->head, &vgdev->cap_cache);
+	/* Search while under lock in case it was added by another task. */
+	list_for_each_entry(search_ent, &vgdev->cap_cache, head) {
+		if (search_ent->id == vgdev->capsets[idx].id &&
+		    search_ent->version == version) {
+			*cache_p = search_ent;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!*cache_p)
+		list_add_tail(&cache_ent->head, &vgdev->cap_cache);
 	spin_unlock(&vgdev->display_info_lock);
 
+	if (*cache_p) {
+		/* Entry was found, so free everything that was just created. */
+		kfree(resp_buf);
+		kfree(cache_ent->caps_cache);
+		kfree(cache_ent);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	cmd_p = virtio_gpu_alloc_cmd_resp
 		(vgdev, &virtio_gpu_cmd_capset_cb, &vbuf, sizeof(*cmd_p),
 		 sizeof(struct virtio_gpu_resp_capset) + max_size,