diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index bcd37b855c66..6a164f9eb02c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ struct kvm {
 	int last_boosted_vcpu;
 	struct list_head vm_list;
 	struct mutex lock;
-	struct kvm_io_bus *buses[KVM_NR_BUSES];
+	struct kvm_io_bus __rcu *buses[KVM_NR_BUSES];
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
 	struct {
 		spinlock_t        lock;
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ struct kvm {
 #define vcpu_err(vcpu, fmt, ...)					\
 	kvm_err("vcpu%i " fmt, (vcpu)->vcpu_id, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 
+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));
+}
+
 static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
 {
 	/* Pairs with smp_wmb() in kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu, in case
diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index a8d540398bbd..d016aadd5fbb 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int kvm_assign_ioeventfd_idx(struct kvm *kvm,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto unlock_fail;
 
-	kvm->buses[bus_idx]->ioeventfd_count++;
+	kvm_get_bus(kvm, bus_idx)->ioeventfd_count++;
 	list_add_tail(&p->list, &kvm->ioeventfds);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ kvm_deassign_ioeventfd_idx(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
 {
 	struct _ioeventfd        *p, *tmp;
 	struct eventfd_ctx       *eventfd;
+	struct kvm_io_bus	 *bus;
 	int                       ret = -ENOENT;
 
 	eventfd = eventfd_ctx_fdget(args->fd);
@@ -870,8 +871,9 @@ kvm_deassign_ioeventfd_idx(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
 			continue;
 
 		kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev(kvm, bus_idx, &p->dev);
-		if (kvm->buses[bus_idx])
-			kvm->buses[bus_idx]->ioeventfd_count--;
+		bus = kvm_get_bus(kvm, bus_idx);
+		if (bus)
+			bus->ioeventfd_count--;
 		ioeventfd_release(p);
 		ret = 0;
 		break;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index fc2d58312fd5..d76e822f8929 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	if (init_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu))
 		goto out_err_no_irq_srcu;
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++) {
-		kvm->buses[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_io_bus),
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+		rcu_assign_pointer(kvm->buses[i],
+			kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_io_bus), GFP_KERNEL));
 		if (!kvm->buses[i])
 			goto out_err;
 	}
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ 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(kvm->buses[i]);
+		kfree(rcu_access_pointer(kvm->buses[i]));
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
 		kvm_free_memslots(kvm, kvm->memslots[i]);
 	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
@@ -740,8 +740,11 @@ 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++) {
-		if (kvm->buses[i])
-			kvm_io_bus_destroy(kvm->buses[i]);
+		struct kvm_io_bus *bus;
+
+		bus = rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[i], 1);
+		if (bus)
+			kvm_io_bus_destroy(bus);
 		kvm->buses[i] = NULL;
 	}
 	kvm_coalesced_mmio_free(kvm);
@@ -3570,7 +3573,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_register_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
 {
 	struct kvm_io_bus *new_bus, *bus;
 
-	bus = kvm->buses[bus_idx];
+	bus = kvm_get_bus(kvm, bus_idx);
 	if (!bus)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -3599,7 +3602,7 @@ void kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
 	int i;
 	struct kvm_io_bus *new_bus, *bus;
 
-	bus = kvm->buses[bus_idx];
+	bus = kvm_get_bus(kvm, bus_idx);
 	if (!bus)
 		return;