diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index 9d51fae1cba345e5cf01387a6c16207a6b5be872..8dde3bdc4a05c2bf72bc38bffe3a7efd1a20fc11 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -39,15 +39,23 @@ static inline void queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
 }
 #endif
 
-#define virt_queued_spin_lock virt_queued_spin_lock
+#define virt_spin_lock virt_spin_lock
 
-static inline bool virt_queued_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+static inline bool virt_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
 {
 	if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
 		return false;
 
-	while (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) != 0)
-		cpu_relax();
+	/*
+	 * On hypervisors without PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS support we fall
+	 * back to a Test-and-Set spinlock, because fair locks have
+	 * horrible lock 'holder' preemption issues.
+	 */
+
+	do {
+		while (atomic_read(&lock->val) != 0)
+			cpu_relax();
+	} while (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) != 0);
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
index 83bfb87f5bf18e92ea794dd3ca3afec1b1ba6f11..e2aadbc7151f4cd69b8745e80a0af403257f1678 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ static inline void queued_spin_unlock_wait(struct qspinlock *lock)
 		cpu_relax();
 }
 
-#ifndef virt_queued_spin_lock
-static __always_inline bool virt_queued_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+#ifndef virt_spin_lock
+static __always_inline bool virt_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
 {
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 337c8818541d339aac3fd1e3e6af32dac6dff4c9..87e9ce6a63c5d0e78a17977e2e9271ffaf0bb946 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
 	if (pv_enabled())
 		goto queue;
 
-	if (virt_queued_spin_lock(lock))
+	if (virt_spin_lock(lock))
 		return;
 
 	/*