diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index 9d42c7cb2b588..c199ba2f192ef 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ int kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * KVM io device for the redistributor that belongs to this VCPU.
 	 */
 	if (dist->vgic_model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3) {
-		mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
 		ret = vgic_register_redist_iodev(vcpu);
-		mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -446,11 +446,13 @@ int vgic_lazy_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 int kvm_vgic_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct vgic_dist *dist = &kvm->arch.vgic;
+	gpa_t dist_base;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (likely(vgic_ready(kvm)))
 		return 0;
 
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 	if (vgic_ready(kvm))
 		goto out;
@@ -463,13 +465,26 @@ int kvm_vgic_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 	else
 		ret = vgic_v3_map_resources(kvm);
 
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		__kvm_vgic_destroy(kvm);
-	else
-		dist->ready = true;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	dist->ready = true;
+	dist_base = dist->vgic_dist_base;
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+
+	ret = vgic_register_dist_iodev(kvm, dist_base,
+				       kvm_vgic_global_state.type);
+	if (ret) {
+		kvm_err("Unable to register VGIC dist MMIO regions\n");
+		kvm_vgic_destroy(kvm);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	return ret;
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
index 35cfa268fd5de..212b73a715c1c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ static int kvm_vgic_addr(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_device_attr *attr, bool wri
 		if (get_user(addr, uaddr))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	/*
+	 * Since we can't hold config_lock while registering the redistributor
+	 * iodevs, take the slots_lock immediately.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	switch (attr->attr) {
 	case KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_DIST:
 		r = vgic_check_type(kvm, KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2);
@@ -182,6 +186,7 @@ static int kvm_vgic_addr(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_device_attr *attr, bool wri
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 	if (write) {
 		r = vgic_check_iorange(kvm, *addr_ptr, addr, alignment, size);
 		if (!r)
@@ -189,9 +194,10 @@ static int kvm_vgic_addr(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_device_attr *attr, bool wri
 	} else {
 		addr = *addr_ptr;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 
 	if (!r && !write)
 		r =  put_user(addr, uaddr);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
index 472b18ac92a24..188d2187eede9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
@@ -769,10 +769,13 @@ int vgic_register_redist_iodev(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	struct vgic_io_device *rd_dev = &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.rd_iodev;
 	struct vgic_redist_region *rdreg;
 	gpa_t rd_base;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 
 	if (!IS_VGIC_ADDR_UNDEF(vgic_cpu->rd_iodev.base_addr))
-		return 0;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	/*
 	 * We may be creating VCPUs before having set the base address for the
@@ -782,10 +785,12 @@ int vgic_register_redist_iodev(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 */
 	rdreg = vgic_v3_rdist_free_slot(&vgic->rd_regions);
 	if (!rdreg)
-		return 0;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (!vgic_v3_check_base(kvm))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!vgic_v3_check_base(kvm)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	vgic_cpu->rdreg = rdreg;
 	vgic_cpu->rdreg_index = rdreg->free_index;
@@ -799,16 +804,20 @@ int vgic_register_redist_iodev(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	rd_dev->nr_regions = ARRAY_SIZE(vgic_v3_rd_registers);
 	rd_dev->redist_vcpu = vcpu;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+
 	ret = kvm_io_bus_register_dev(kvm, KVM_MMIO_BUS, rd_base,
 				      2 * SZ_64K, &rd_dev->dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* Protected by slots_lock */
 	rdreg->free_index++;
 	return 0;
+
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void vgic_unregister_redist_iodev(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -834,12 +843,10 @@ static int vgic_register_all_redist_iodevs(struct kvm *kvm)
 		/* The current c failed, so iterate over the previous ones. */
 		int i;
 
-		mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 		for (i = 0; i < c; i++) {
 			vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, i);
 			vgic_unregister_redist_iodev(vcpu);
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -938,7 +945,9 @@ int vgic_v3_set_redist_base(struct kvm *kvm, u32 index, u64 addr, u32 count)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 	ret = vgic_v3_alloc_redist_region(kvm, index, addr, count);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -950,8 +959,10 @@ int vgic_v3_set_redist_base(struct kvm *kvm, u32 index, u64 addr, u32 count)
 	if (ret) {
 		struct vgic_redist_region *rdreg;
 
+		mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 		rdreg = vgic_v3_rdist_region_from_index(kvm, index);
 		vgic_v3_free_redist_region(rdreg);
+		mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
index 1939c94e0b248..ce3d17463c6bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
@@ -1114,10 +1114,6 @@ int vgic_register_dist_iodev(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t dist_base_address,
 	io_device->iodev_type = IODEV_DIST;
 	io_device->redist_vcpu = NULL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-	ret = kvm_io_bus_register_dev(kvm, KVM_MMIO_BUS, dist_base_address,
-				      len, &io_device->dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-
-	return ret;
+	return kvm_io_bus_register_dev(kvm, KVM_MMIO_BUS, dist_base_address,
+				       len, &io_device->dev);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c
index 645648349c99b..7e9cdb78f7ce8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c
@@ -312,12 +312,6 @@ int vgic_v2_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = vgic_register_dist_iodev(kvm, dist->vgic_dist_base, VGIC_V2);
-	if (ret) {
-		kvm_err("Unable to register VGIC MMIO regions\n");
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&vgic_v2_cpuif_trap)) {
 		ret = kvm_phys_addr_ioremap(kvm, dist->vgic_cpu_base,
 					    kvm_vgic_global_state.vcpu_base,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
index 469d816f356f3..76af07e66d731 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ int vgic_v3_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct vgic_dist *dist = &kvm->arch.vgic;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
-	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long c;
 
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(c, vcpu, kvm) {
@@ -569,12 +568,6 @@ int vgic_v3_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	ret = vgic_register_dist_iodev(kvm, dist->vgic_dist_base, VGIC_V3);
-	if (ret) {
-		kvm_err("Unable to register VGICv3 dist MMIO regions\n");
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (kvm_vgic_global_state.has_gicv4_1)
 		vgic_v4_configure_vsgis(kvm);
 
