diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
index 784bbeb22adcf5..2f9e6025eb2fe1 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ Translation APIs for Mediated Devices
 The following APIs are provided for translating user pfn to host pfn in a VFIO
 driver::
 
-	extern int vfio_pin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
+	int vfio_pin_pages(struct vfio_device *vdev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
 				  int npage, int prot, unsigned long *phys_pfn);
 
-	extern int vfio_unpin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
+	int vfio_unpin_pages(struct vfio_device *vdev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
 				    int npage);
 
 These functions call back into the back-end IOMMU module by using the pin_pages
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
index 7a1cf3091cd647..0c2be9421ab78f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ static int pfn_array_pin(struct pfn_array *pa, struct vfio_device *vdev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ret = vfio_pin_pages(vdev->dev, pa->pa_iova_pfn, pa->pa_nr,
+	ret = vfio_pin_pages(vdev, pa->pa_iova_pfn, pa->pa_nr,
 			     IOMMU_READ | IOMMU_WRITE, pa->pa_pfn);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		goto err_out;
 	} else if (ret > 0 && ret != pa->pa_nr) {
-		vfio_unpin_pages(vdev->dev, pa->pa_iova_pfn, ret);
+		vfio_unpin_pages(vdev, pa->pa_iova_pfn, ret);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void pfn_array_unpin_free(struct pfn_array *pa, struct vfio_device *vdev)
 {
 	/* Only unpin if any pages were pinned to begin with */
 	if (pa->pa_nr)
-		vfio_unpin_pages(vdev->dev, pa->pa_iova_pfn, pa->pa_nr);
+		vfio_unpin_pages(vdev, pa->pa_iova_pfn, pa->pa_nr);
 	pa->pa_nr = 0;
 	kfree(pa->pa_iova_pfn);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
index bfa7ee6ef532d9..e8914024f5b1af 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ static void vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources(struct vfio_ap_queue *q)
 		q->saved_isc = VFIO_AP_ISC_INVALID;
 	}
 	if (q->saved_pfn && !WARN_ON(!q->matrix_mdev)) {
-		vfio_unpin_pages(mdev_dev(q->matrix_mdev->mdev),
-				 &q->saved_pfn, 1);
+		vfio_unpin_pages(&q->matrix_mdev->vdev, &q->saved_pfn, 1);
 		q->saved_pfn = 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ static struct ap_queue_status vfio_ap_irq_enable(struct vfio_ap_queue *q,
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	ret = vfio_pin_pages(mdev_dev(q->matrix_mdev->mdev), &g_pfn, 1,
+	ret = vfio_pin_pages(&q->matrix_mdev->vdev, &g_pfn, 1,
 			     IOMMU_READ | IOMMU_WRITE, &h_pfn);
 	switch (ret) {
 	case 1:
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ static struct ap_queue_status vfio_ap_irq_enable(struct vfio_ap_queue *q,
 		break;
 	case AP_RESPONSE_OTHERWISE_CHANGED:
 		/* We could not modify IRQ setings: clear new configuration */
-		vfio_unpin_pages(mdev_dev(q->matrix_mdev->mdev), &g_pfn, 1);
+		vfio_unpin_pages(&q->matrix_mdev->vdev, &g_pfn, 1);
 		kvm_s390_gisc_unregister(kvm, isc);
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1250,7 +1249,7 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_iommu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap *unmap = data;
 		unsigned long g_pfn = unmap->iova >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-		vfio_unpin_pages(mdev_dev(matrix_mdev->mdev), &g_pfn, 1);
+		vfio_unpin_pages(&matrix_mdev->vdev, &g_pfn, 1);
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index 13494c1e497405..dc5d40b07e2381 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -1927,32 +1927,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_set_irqs_validate_and_prepare);
  * @phys_pfn[out]: array of host PFNs
  * Return error or number of pages pinned.
  */
-int vfio_pin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn, int npage,
+int vfio_pin_pages(struct vfio_device *vdev, unsigned long *user_pfn, int npage,
 		   int prot, unsigned long *phys_pfn)
 {
 	struct vfio_container *container;
-	struct vfio_group *group;
+	struct vfio_group *group = vdev->group;
 	struct vfio_iommu_driver *driver;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!dev || !user_pfn || !phys_pfn || !npage)
+	if (!user_pfn || !phys_pfn || !npage)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (npage > VFIO_PIN_PAGES_MAX_ENTRIES)
 		return -E2BIG;
 
-	group = vfio_group_get_from_dev(dev);
-	if (!group)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	if (group->dev_counter > 1) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_pin_pages;
-	}
+	if (group->dev_counter > 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = vfio_group_add_container_user(group);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_pin_pages;
+		return ret;
 
 	container = group->container;
 	driver = container->iommu_driver;
@@ -1965,8 +1959,6 @@ int vfio_pin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn, int npage,
 
 	vfio_group_try_dissolve_container(group);
 
-err_pin_pages:
-	vfio_group_put(group);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_pin_pages);
@@ -1980,28 +1972,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_pin_pages);
  *                 be greater than VFIO_PIN_PAGES_MAX_ENTRIES.
  * Return error or number of pages unpinned.
  */
-int vfio_unpin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn, int npage)
+int vfio_unpin_pages(struct vfio_device *vdev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
+		     int npage)
 {
 	struct vfio_container *container;
-	struct vfio_group *group;
 	struct vfio_iommu_driver *driver;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!dev || !user_pfn || !npage)
+	if (!user_pfn || !npage)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (npage > VFIO_PIN_PAGES_MAX_ENTRIES)
 		return -E2BIG;
 
-	group = vfio_group_get_from_dev(dev);
-	if (!group)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	ret = vfio_group_add_container_user(group);
+	ret = vfio_group_add_container_user(vdev->group);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_unpin_pages;
+		return ret;
 
-	container = group->container;
+	container = vdev->group->container;
 	driver = container->iommu_driver;
 	if (likely(driver && driver->ops->unpin_pages))
 		ret = driver->ops->unpin_pages(container->iommu_data, user_pfn,
@@ -2009,10 +1997,8 @@ int vfio_unpin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn, int npage)
 	else
 		ret = -ENOTTY;
 
-	vfio_group_try_dissolve_container(group);
+	vfio_group_try_dissolve_container(vdev->group);
 
-err_unpin_pages:
-	vfio_group_put(group);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_unpin_pages);
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
index 748ec0e0293aea..8f2a09801a660b 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ extern long vfio_external_check_extension(struct vfio_group *group,
 
 #define VFIO_PIN_PAGES_MAX_ENTRIES	(PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(unsigned long))
 
-extern int vfio_pin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
+extern int vfio_pin_pages(struct vfio_device *vdev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
 			  int npage, int prot, unsigned long *phys_pfn);
-extern int vfio_unpin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
+extern int vfio_unpin_pages(struct vfio_device *vdev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
 			    int npage);
 
 extern int vfio_group_pin_pages(struct vfio_group *group,
