diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
index 81eddb8529ff..8739dd0ee870 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
@@ -366,7 +366,14 @@ int xenbus_grant_ring(struct xenbus_device *dev, void *vaddr,
 		      unsigned int nr_pages, grant_ref_t *grefs)
 {
 	int err;
-	int i, j;
+	unsigned int i;
+	grant_ref_t gref_head;
+
+	err = gnttab_alloc_grant_references(nr_pages, &gref_head);
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "granting access to ring page");
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		unsigned long gfn;
@@ -376,23 +383,14 @@ int xenbus_grant_ring(struct xenbus_device *dev, void *vaddr,
 		else
 			gfn = virt_to_gfn(vaddr);
 
-		err = gnttab_grant_foreign_access(dev->otherend_id, gfn, 0);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
-					 "granting access to ring page");
-			goto fail;
-		}
-		grefs[i] = err;
+		grefs[i] = gnttab_claim_grant_reference(&gref_head);
+		gnttab_grant_foreign_access_ref(grefs[i], dev->otherend_id,
+						gfn, 0);
 
 		vaddr = vaddr + XEN_PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-
-fail:
-	for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
-		gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref(grefs[j], 0);
-	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xenbus_grant_ring);