diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 383f492a66038fa5fa4f121f1365a9fbb2759e74..96ebc0679415baeff88d7764b1c0e956820adad2 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -467,12 +467,8 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(void)
 		if (!kvm->buses[i])
 			goto out_err;
 	}
-	spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-
-	r = kvm_init_mmu_notifier(kvm);
-	if (r)
-		goto out_err;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	kvm->mm = current->mm;
 	atomic_inc(&kvm->mm->mm_count);
 	kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
@@ -480,6 +476,11 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(void)
 	mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	atomic_set(&kvm->users_count, 1);
+
+	r = kvm_init_mmu_notifier(kvm);
+	if (r)
+		goto out_err;
+
 	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 	list_add(&kvm->vm_list, &vm_list);
 	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);