diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index de4018a1bc4bd290ecd0e970bd51960b281497c3..b2731933f80775e87bba59a53ee265a013298ad4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -942,20 +942,20 @@ static int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 static void kvmppc_set_lpcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 new_lpcr,
 		bool preserve_top32)
 {
+	struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
 	struct kvmppc_vcore *vc = vcpu->arch.vcore;
 	u64 mask;
 
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	spin_lock(&vc->lock);
 	/*
 	 * If ILE (interrupt little-endian) has changed, update the
 	 * MSR_LE bit in the intr_msr for each vcpu in this vcore.
 	 */
 	if ((new_lpcr & LPCR_ILE) != (vc->lpcr & LPCR_ILE)) {
-		struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
 		struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 		int i;
 
-		mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 		kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
 			if (vcpu->arch.vcore != vc)
 				continue;
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ static void kvmppc_set_lpcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 new_lpcr,
 			else
 				vcpu->arch.intr_msr &= ~MSR_LE;
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -981,6 +980,7 @@ static void kvmppc_set_lpcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 new_lpcr,
 		mask &= 0xFFFFFFFF;
 	vc->lpcr = (vc->lpcr & ~mask) | (new_lpcr & mask);
 	spin_unlock(&vc->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 }
 
 static int kvmppc_get_one_reg_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 id,