diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
index 0ad1f7500abdc71489e8b9656b47ce31dfd632ad..8ebae298a24d60edcd0bec1593cc0c04e333e64d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
@@ -1182,7 +1182,6 @@ struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *kvm_s390_get_io_int(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 	if ((!schid && !cr6) || (schid && cr6))
 		return NULL;
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	fi = &kvm->arch.float_int;
 	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
 	inti = NULL;
@@ -1210,7 +1209,6 @@ struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *kvm_s390_get_io_int(struct kvm *kvm,
 	if (list_empty(&fi->list))
 		atomic_set(&fi->active, 0);
 	spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 	return inti;
 }
 
@@ -1223,7 +1221,6 @@ static int __inject_vm(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti)
 	int sigcpu;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	fi = &kvm->arch.float_int;
 	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
 	if (fi->irq_count >= KVM_S390_MAX_FLOAT_IRQS) {
@@ -1274,7 +1271,6 @@ static int __inject_vm(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti)
 	kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup(kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, sigcpu));
 unlock_fi:
 	spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1444,7 +1440,6 @@ void kvm_s390_clear_float_irqs(struct kvm *kvm)
 	struct kvm_s390_float_interrupt *fi;
 	struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info	*n, *inti = NULL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	fi = &kvm->arch.float_int;
 	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(inti, n, &fi->list, list) {
@@ -1454,7 +1449,6 @@ void kvm_s390_clear_float_irqs(struct kvm *kvm)
 	fi->irq_count = 0;
 	atomic_set(&fi->active, 0);
 	spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 }
 
 static inline int copy_irq_to_user(struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti,
@@ -1494,7 +1488,6 @@ static int get_all_floating_irqs(struct kvm *kvm, __u8 *buf, __u64 len)
 	int ret = 0;
 	int n = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	fi = &kvm->arch.float_int;
 	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
 
@@ -1513,7 +1506,6 @@ static int get_all_floating_irqs(struct kvm *kvm, __u8 *buf, __u64 len)
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : n;
 }