diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index b99eacd988abae31f85d69c4497368891ca5bebd..c8dee22b19459a0fc3ef67c05c951dd9526ee2be 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ struct kvm_memslots {
 
 struct kvm {
 	spinlock_t mmu_lock;
-	raw_spinlock_t requests_lock;
 	struct mutex slots_lock;
 	struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */
 	struct kvm_memslots *memslots;
@@ -731,11 +730,6 @@ static inline void kvm_make_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	set_bit(req, &vcpu->requests);
 }
 
-static inline bool kvm_make_check_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return test_and_set_bit(req, &vcpu->requests);
-}
-
 static inline bool kvm_check_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (test_bit(req, &vcpu->requests)) {
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 19209f849cf710f991ed4882cd1aacf5193a55e0..4856a7dcbd7fb8742a11c15e4e4d59deb0808f1e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -165,11 +165,9 @@ static bool make_all_cpus_request(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int req)
 
 	zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpus, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm->requests_lock);
-	me = smp_processor_id();
+	me = get_cpu();
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
-		if (kvm_make_check_request(req, vcpu))
-			continue;
+		kvm_make_request(req, vcpu);
 		cpu = vcpu->cpu;
 
 		/* Set ->requests bit before we read ->mode */
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ static bool make_all_cpus_request(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int req)
 		smp_call_function_many(cpus, ack_flush, NULL, 1);
 	else
 		called = false;
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm->requests_lock);
+	put_cpu();
 	free_cpumask_var(cpus);
 	return called;
 }
@@ -468,7 +466,6 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(void)
 	kvm->mm = current->mm;
 	atomic_inc(&kvm->mm->mm_count);
 	spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-	raw_spin_lock_init(&kvm->requests_lock);
 	kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->lock);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);