if (aspace) {
                aspace->mmu->funcs->detach(aspace->mmu,
                                iommu_ports, ARRAY_SIZE(iommu_ports));
-               msm_gem_address_space_destroy(aspace);
+               msm_gem_address_space_put(aspace);
        }
 
        if (mdp4_kms->rpm_enabled)
 
 int msm_gem_map_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
                struct msm_gem_vma *vma, struct sg_table *sgt, int npages);
 
-void msm_gem_address_space_destroy(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace);
+void msm_gem_address_space_put(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace);
+
 struct msm_gem_address_space *
 msm_gem_address_space_create(struct device *dev, struct iommu_domain *domain,
                const char *name);
 
 #include "msm_gem.h"
 #include "msm_mmu.h"
 
+static void
+msm_gem_address_space_destroy(struct kref *kref)
+{
+       struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace = container_of(kref,
+                       struct msm_gem_address_space, kref);
+
+       drm_mm_takedown(&aspace->mm);
+       if (aspace->mmu)
+               aspace->mmu->funcs->destroy(aspace->mmu);
+       kfree(aspace);
+}
+
+
+void msm_gem_address_space_put(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace)
+{
+       if (aspace)
+               kref_put(&aspace->kref, msm_gem_address_space_destroy);
+}
+
 void
 msm_gem_unmap_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
                struct msm_gem_vma *vma, struct sg_table *sgt)
        drm_mm_remove_node(&vma->node);
 
        vma->iova = 0;
+
+       msm_gem_address_space_put(aspace);
 }
 
 int
                                size, IOMMU_READ | IOMMU_WRITE);
        }
 
-       return ret;
-}
+       /* Get a reference to the aspace to keep it around */
+       kref_get(&aspace->kref);
 
-void
-msm_gem_address_space_destroy(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace)
-{
-       drm_mm_takedown(&aspace->mm);
-       if (aspace->mmu)
-               aspace->mmu->funcs->destroy(aspace->mmu);
-       kfree(aspace);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 struct msm_gem_address_space *
        drm_mm_init(&aspace->mm, (domain->geometry.aperture_start >> PAGE_SHIFT),
                        (domain->geometry.aperture_end >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
 
+       kref_init(&aspace->kref);
+
        return aspace;
 }