diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 08d166a..0a41fb9 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -1460,10 +1460,8 @@ void pblk_line_free(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	line->emeta = NULL;
 }
 
-void pblk_line_put(struct kref *ref)
+static void __pblk_line_put(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 {
-	struct pblk_line *line = container_of(ref, struct pblk_line, ref);
-	struct pblk *pblk = line->pblk;
 	struct pblk_line_mgmt *l_mg = &pblk->l_mg;
 
 	spin_lock(&line->lock);
@@ -1481,6 +1479,43 @@ void pblk_line_put(struct kref *ref)
 	pblk_rl_free_lines_inc(&pblk->rl, line);
 }
 
+static void pblk_line_put_ws(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct pblk_line_ws *line_put_ws = container_of(work,
+						struct pblk_line_ws, ws);
+	struct pblk *pblk = line_put_ws->pblk;
+	struct pblk_line *line = line_put_ws->line;
+
+	__pblk_line_put(pblk, line);
+	mempool_free(line_put_ws, pblk->gen_ws_pool);
+}
+
+void pblk_line_put(struct kref *ref)
+{
+	struct pblk_line *line = container_of(ref, struct pblk_line, ref);
+	struct pblk *pblk = line->pblk;
+
+	__pblk_line_put(pblk, line);
+}
+
+void pblk_line_put_wq(struct kref *ref)
+{
+	struct pblk_line *line = container_of(ref, struct pblk_line, ref);
+	struct pblk *pblk = line->pblk;
+	struct pblk_line_ws *line_put_ws;
+
+	line_put_ws = mempool_alloc(pblk->gen_ws_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!line_put_ws)
+		return;
+
+	line_put_ws->pblk = pblk;
+	line_put_ws->line = line;
+	line_put_ws->priv = NULL;
+
+	INIT_WORK(&line_put_ws->ws, pblk_line_put_ws);
+	queue_work(pblk->r_end_wq, &line_put_ws->ws);
+}
+
 int pblk_blk_erase_async(struct pblk *pblk, struct ppa_addr ppa)
 {
 	struct nvm_rq *rqd;
@@ -1878,8 +1913,19 @@ void pblk_lookup_l2p_seq(struct pblk *pblk, struct ppa_addr *ppas,
 	int i;
 
 	spin_lock(&pblk->trans_lock);
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_secs; i++)
-		ppas[i] = pblk_trans_map_get(pblk, blba + i);
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_secs; i++) {
+		struct ppa_addr ppa;
+
+		ppa = ppas[i] = pblk_trans_map_get(pblk, blba + i);
+
+		/* If the L2P entry maps to a line, the reference is valid */
+		if (!pblk_ppa_empty(ppa) && !pblk_addr_in_cache(ppa)) {
+			int line_id = pblk_dev_ppa_to_line(ppa);
+			struct pblk_line *line = &pblk->lines[line_id];
+
+			kref_get(&line->ref);
+		}
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&pblk->trans_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 4d71978..3452764 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -271,15 +271,22 @@ static int pblk_core_init(struct pblk *pblk)
 	if (!pblk->bb_wq)
 		goto free_close_wq;
 
+	pblk->r_end_wq = alloc_workqueue("pblk-read-end-wq",
+			WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
+	if (!pblk->r_end_wq)
+		goto free_bb_wq;
+
 	if (pblk_set_ppaf(pblk))
-		goto free_bb_wq;
+		goto free_r_end_wq;
 
 	if (pblk_rwb_init(pblk))
-		goto free_bb_wq;
+		goto free_r_end_wq;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pblk->compl_list);
 	return 0;
 
+free_r_end_wq:
+	destroy_workqueue(pblk->r_end_wq);
 free_bb_wq:
 	destroy_workqueue(pblk->bb_wq);
 free_close_wq:
@@ -304,6 +311,9 @@ static void pblk_core_free(struct pblk *pblk)
 	if (pblk->close_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(pblk->close_wq);
 
+	if (pblk->r_end_wq)
+		destroy_workqueue(pblk->r_end_wq);
+
 	if (pblk->bb_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(pblk->bb_wq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
index a465d99..402f8ef 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
@@ -130,9 +130,34 @@ static void pblk_read_check(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 	}
 }
 
-static void pblk_end_io_read(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
+static void pblk_read_put_rqd_kref(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
+{
+	struct ppa_addr *ppa_list;
+	int i;
+
+	ppa_list = (rqd->nr_ppas > 1) ? rqd->ppa_list : &rqd->ppa_addr;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_ppas; i++) {
+		struct ppa_addr ppa = ppa_list[i];
+		struct pblk_line *line;
+
+		line = &pblk->lines[pblk_dev_ppa_to_line(ppa)];
+		kref_put(&line->ref, pblk_line_put_wq);
+	}
+}
+
+static void pblk_end_user_read(struct bio *bio)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
+	WARN_ONCE(bio->bi_status, "pblk: corrupted read bio\n");
+#endif
+	bio_endio(bio);
+	bio_put(bio);
+}
+
+static void __pblk_end_io_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
+			       bool put_line)
 {
-	struct pblk *pblk = rqd->private;
 	struct pblk_g_ctx *r_ctx = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
 	struct bio *bio = rqd->bio;
 
@@ -146,15 +171,11 @@ static void pblk_end_io_read(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 	pblk_read_check(pblk, rqd, r_ctx->lba);
 
 	bio_put(bio);
-	if (r_ctx->private) {
-		struct bio *orig_bio = r_ctx->private;
+	if (r_ctx->private)
+		pblk_end_user_read((struct bio *)r_ctx->private);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
-		WARN_ONCE(orig_bio->bi_status, "pblk: corrupted read bio\n");
-#endif
-		bio_endio(orig_bio);
-		bio_put(orig_bio);
-	}
+	if (put_line)
+		pblk_read_put_rqd_kref(pblk, rqd);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	atomic_long_add(rqd->nr_ppas, &pblk->sync_reads);
@@ -165,6 +186,13 @@ static void pblk_end_io_read(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 	atomic_dec(&pblk->inflight_io);
 }
 
+static void pblk_end_io_read(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
+{
+	struct pblk *pblk = rqd->private;
+
+	__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, true);
+}
+
 static int pblk_fill_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 				      unsigned int bio_init_idx,
 				      unsigned long *read_bitmap)
@@ -233,8 +261,12 @@ static int pblk_fill_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(nr_secs > 1 && nr_holes == 1)) {
+		struct ppa_addr ppa;
+
+		ppa = rqd->ppa_addr;
 		rqd->ppa_list = ppa_ptr;
 		rqd->dma_ppa_list = dma_ppa_list;
+		rqd->ppa_list[0] = ppa;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_secs; i++) {
@@ -246,6 +278,11 @@ static int pblk_fill_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 	i = 0;
 	hole = find_first_zero_bit(read_bitmap, nr_secs);
 	do {
+		int line_id = pblk_dev_ppa_to_line(rqd->ppa_list[i]);
+		struct pblk_line *line = &pblk->lines[line_id];
+
+		kref_put(&line->ref, pblk_line_put);
+
 		meta_list[hole].lba = lba_list_media[i];
 
 		src_bv = new_bio->bi_io_vec[i++];
@@ -269,19 +306,17 @@ static int pblk_fill_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 	bio_put(new_bio);
 
 	/* Complete the original bio and associated request */
+	bio_endio(bio);
 	rqd->bio = bio;
 	rqd->nr_ppas = nr_secs;
-	rqd->private = pblk;
 
-	bio_endio(bio);
-	pblk_end_io_read(rqd);
+	__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
 	return NVM_IO_OK;
 
 err:
 	/* Free allocated pages in new bio */
 	pblk_bio_free_pages(pblk, bio, 0, new_bio->bi_vcnt);
-	rqd->private = pblk;
-	pblk_end_io_read(rqd);
+	__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
 	return NVM_IO_ERR;
 }
 
@@ -314,11 +349,11 @@ static void pblk_read_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 			goto retry;
 		}
 
+		WARN_ON(test_and_set_bit(0, read_bitmap));
 		meta_list[0].lba = cpu_to_le64(lba);
 
-		WARN_ON(test_and_set_bit(0, read_bitmap));
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
-			atomic_long_inc(&pblk->cache_reads);
+		atomic_long_inc(&pblk->cache_reads);
 #endif
 	} else {
 		rqd->ppa_addr = ppa;
@@ -383,7 +418,7 @@ int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio)
 	if (bitmap_full(&read_bitmap, nr_secs)) {
 		bio_endio(bio);
 		atomic_inc(&pblk->inflight_io);
-		pblk_end_io_read(rqd);
+		__pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
 		return NVM_IO_OK;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 4a51e6d..e470437 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ struct pblk {
 
 	struct workqueue_struct *close_wq;
 	struct workqueue_struct *bb_wq;
+	struct workqueue_struct *r_end_wq;
 
 	struct timer_list wtimer;
 
@@ -741,6 +742,7 @@ int pblk_line_read_emeta(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 			 void *emeta_buf);
 int pblk_blk_erase_async(struct pblk *pblk, struct ppa_addr erase_ppa);
 void pblk_line_put(struct kref *ref);
+void pblk_line_put_wq(struct kref *ref);
 struct list_head *pblk_line_gc_list(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line);
 u64 pblk_lookup_page(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line);
 void pblk_dealloc_page(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line, int nr_secs);
