diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index c0253de74945..f9ae5ad284ff 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -1534,9 +1534,24 @@ static const struct attribute_group *region_groups[] = {
 
 static void cxl_region_release(struct device *dev)
 {
+	struct cxl_root_decoder *cxlrd = to_cxl_root_decoder(dev->parent);
 	struct cxl_region *cxlr = to_cxl_region(dev);
+	int id = atomic_read(&cxlrd->region_id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to reuse the recently idled id rather than the cached
+	 * next id to prevent the region id space from increasing
+	 * unnecessarily.
+	 */
+	if (cxlr->id < id)
+		if (atomic_try_cmpxchg(&cxlrd->region_id, &id, cxlr->id)) {
+			memregion_free(id);
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 	memregion_free(cxlr->id);
+out:
+	put_device(dev->parent);
 	kfree(cxlr);
 }
 
@@ -1598,6 +1613,11 @@ static struct cxl_region *cxl_region_alloc(struct cxl_root_decoder *cxlrd, int i
 	device_initialize(dev);
 	lockdep_set_class(&dev->mutex, &cxl_region_key);
 	dev->parent = &cxlrd->cxlsd.cxld.dev;
+	/*
+	 * Keep root decoder pinned through cxl_region_release to fixup
+	 * region id allocations
+	 */
+	get_device(dev->parent);
 	device_set_pm_not_required(dev);
 	dev->bus = &cxl_bus_type;
 	dev->type = &cxl_region_type;