diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 3967184b7d62..d11c581ce9b9 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3804,8 +3804,17 @@ static ssize_t kvm_vcpu_stats_read(struct file *file, char __user *user_buffer,
 			sizeof(vcpu->stat), user_buffer, size, offset);
 }
 
+static int kvm_vcpu_stats_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = file->private_data;
+
+	kvm_put_kvm(vcpu->kvm);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations kvm_vcpu_stats_fops = {
 	.read = kvm_vcpu_stats_read,
+	.release = kvm_vcpu_stats_release,
 	.llseek = noop_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -3826,6 +3835,9 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_get_stats_fd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		put_unused_fd(fd);
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 	}
+
+	kvm_get_kvm(vcpu->kvm);
+
 	file->f_mode |= FMODE_PREAD;
 	fd_install(fd, file);
 
@@ -4409,8 +4421,17 @@ static ssize_t kvm_vm_stats_read(struct file *file, char __user *user_buffer,
 				sizeof(kvm->stat), user_buffer, size, offset);
 }
 
+static int kvm_vm_stats_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct kvm *kvm = file->private_data;
+
+	kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations kvm_vm_stats_fops = {
 	.read = kvm_vm_stats_read,
+	.release = kvm_vm_stats_release,
 	.llseek = noop_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -4429,6 +4450,9 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_stats_fd(struct kvm *kvm)
 		put_unused_fd(fd);
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 	}
+
+	kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
+
 	file->f_mode |= FMODE_PREAD;
 	fd_install(fd, file);