diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index e7c53e8af3d165..57aedf7b2b763f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -417,8 +417,28 @@ static void __kvm_vgic_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kfree(vgic_cpu->private_irqs);
 	vgic_cpu->private_irqs = NULL;
 
-	if (vcpu->kvm->arch.vgic.vgic_model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3)
+	if (vcpu->kvm->arch.vgic.vgic_model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3) {
+		/*
+		 * If this vCPU is being destroyed because of a failed creation
+		 * then unregister the redistributor to avoid leaving behind a
+		 * dangling pointer to the vCPU struct.
+		 *
+		 * vCPUs that have been successfully created (i.e. added to
+		 * kvm->vcpu_array) get unregistered in kvm_vgic_destroy(), as
+		 * this function gets called while holding kvm->arch.config_lock
+		 * in the VM teardown path and would otherwise introduce a lock
+		 * inversion w.r.t. kvm->srcu.
+		 *
+		 * vCPUs that failed creation are torn down outside of the
+		 * kvm->arch.config_lock and do not get unregistered in
+		 * kvm_vgic_destroy(), meaning it is both safe and necessary to
+		 * do so here.
+		 */
+		if (kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(vcpu->kvm, vcpu->vcpu_id) != vcpu)
+			vgic_unregister_redist_iodev(vcpu);
+
 		vgic_cpu->rd_iodev.base_addr = VGIC_ADDR_UNDEF;
+	}
 }
 
 void kvm_vgic_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)