diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index cd6f5cc1930f..35e1beb017dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ struct kvm_host_map {
 	 * can be used as guest memory but they are not managed by host
 	 * kernel).
 	 */
+	struct page *refcounted_page;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *hva;
 	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
@@ -1238,7 +1239,6 @@ void kvm_release_pfn_dirty(kvm_pfn_t pfn);
 void kvm_set_pfn_dirty(kvm_pfn_t pfn);
 void kvm_set_pfn_accessed(kvm_pfn_t pfn);
 
-void kvm_release_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn, bool dirty);
 int kvm_read_guest_page(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, void *data, int offset,
 			int len);
 int kvm_read_guest(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, void *data, unsigned long len);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 64888257e301..842a5d5f3120 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3087,21 +3087,21 @@ struct page *gfn_to_page(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gfn_to_page);
 
-void kvm_release_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn, bool dirty)
-{
-	if (dirty)
-		kvm_release_pfn_dirty(pfn);
-	else
-		kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
-}
-
 int kvm_vcpu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, struct kvm_host_map *map)
 {
+	struct kvm_follow_pfn kfp = {
+		.slot = gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, gfn),
+		.gfn = gfn,
+		.flags = FOLL_WRITE,
+		.refcounted_page = &map->refcounted_page,
+	};
+
+	map->refcounted_page = NULL;
 	map->page = NULL;
 	map->hva = NULL;
 	map->gfn = gfn;
 
-	map->pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gfn);
+	map->pfn = kvm_follow_pfn(&kfp);
 	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(map->pfn))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -3133,10 +3133,16 @@ void kvm_vcpu_unmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_host_map *map, bool dirty)
 	if (dirty)
 		kvm_vcpu_mark_page_dirty(vcpu, map->gfn);
 
-	kvm_release_pfn(map->pfn, dirty);
+	if (map->refcounted_page) {
+		if (dirty)
+			kvm_release_page_dirty(map->refcounted_page);
+		else
+			kvm_release_page_clean(map->refcounted_page);
+	}
 
 	map->hva = NULL;
 	map->page = NULL;
+	map->refcounted_page = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vcpu_unmap);