diff --git a/io_uring/zcrx.c b/io_uring/zcrx.c
index 7ac9eb6a0934..1e194de7d6d2 100644
--- a/io_uring/zcrx.c
+++ b/io_uring/zcrx.c
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ static inline struct io_zcrx_area *io_zcrx_iov_to_area(const struct net_iov *nio
 	return container_of(owner, struct io_zcrx_area, nia);
 }
 
+static bool zcrx_set_ring_ctx(struct io_zcrx_ifq *zcrx,
+			      struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	guard(spinlock_bh)(&zcrx->ctx_lock);
+	if (zcrx->master_ctx)
+		return false;
+	percpu_ref_get(&ctx->refs);
+	zcrx->master_ctx = ctx;
+	return true;
+}
+
 static inline struct page *io_zcrx_iov_page(const struct net_iov *niov)
 {
 	struct io_zcrx_area *area = io_zcrx_iov_to_area(niov);
@@ -529,6 +540,7 @@ static struct io_zcrx_ifq *io_zcrx_ifq_alloc(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 		return NULL;
 
 	ifq->if_rxq = -1;
+	spin_lock_init(&ifq->ctx_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&ifq->rq.lock);
 	mutex_init(&ifq->pp_lock);
 	refcount_set(&ifq->refs, 1);
@@ -578,6 +590,8 @@ static void io_zcrx_ifq_free(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq)
 		return;
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ifq->netdev != NULL))
 		return;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ifq->master_ctx))
+		return;
 
 	if (ifq->area)
 		io_zcrx_free_area(ifq, ifq->area);
@@ -654,17 +668,24 @@ static void io_zcrx_scrub(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq)
 	}
 }
 
-static void zcrx_unregister_user(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq)
+static void zcrx_unregister_user(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq, struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
+	scoped_guard(spinlock_bh, &ifq->ctx_lock) {
+		if (ctx && ifq->master_ctx == ctx) {
+			ifq->master_ctx = NULL;
+			percpu_ref_put(&ctx->refs);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ifq->user_refs)) {
 		io_close_queue(ifq);
 		io_zcrx_scrub(ifq);
 	}
 }
 
-static void zcrx_unregister(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq)
+static void zcrx_unregister(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq, struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	zcrx_unregister_user(ifq);
+	zcrx_unregister_user(ifq, ctx);
 	io_put_zcrx_ifq(ifq);
 }
 
@@ -684,7 +705,7 @@ static int zcrx_box_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ifq))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	zcrx_unregister(ifq);
+	zcrx_unregister(ifq, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -709,7 +730,7 @@ static int zcrx_export(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq,
 	file = anon_inode_create_getfile("[zcrx]", &zcrx_box_fops,
 					 ifq, O_CLOEXEC, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
-		zcrx_unregister(ifq);
+		zcrx_unregister(ifq, NULL);
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 	}
 
@@ -785,7 +806,7 @@ static int import_zcrx(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	scoped_guard(mutex, &ctx->mmap_lock)
 		xa_erase(&ctx->zcrx_ctxs, id);
 err:
-	zcrx_unregister(ifq);
+	zcrx_unregister(ifq, ctx);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -930,12 +951,14 @@ int io_register_zcrx(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto err;
 	}
+
+	zcrx_set_ring_ctx(ifq, ctx);
 	return 0;
 err:
 	scoped_guard(mutex, &ctx->mmap_lock)
 		xa_erase(&ctx->zcrx_ctxs, id);
 ifq_free:
-	zcrx_unregister(ifq);
+	zcrx_unregister(ifq, ctx);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -965,7 +988,7 @@ void io_terminate_zcrx(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 			break;
 		set_zcrx_entry_mark(ctx, id);
 		id++;
-		zcrx_unregister_user(ifq);
+		zcrx_unregister_user(ifq, ctx);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/io_uring/zcrx.h b/io_uring/zcrx.h
index 75e0a4e6ef6e..76389a5dd50f 100644
--- a/io_uring/zcrx.h
+++ b/io_uring/zcrx.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ struct io_zcrx_ifq {
 	 */
 	struct mutex			pp_lock;
 	struct io_mapped_region		rq_region;
+
+	spinlock_t			ctx_lock;
+	struct io_ring_ctx		*master_ctx;
 };
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IO_URING_ZCRX)