diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 004cc87b781c2694a0f6428ef8b6614ff60711b7..40d7b2ddc6c549c6b06267ccc4d2b762c47888fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -3764,9 +3764,7 @@ int kvm_mmu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 	r = mmu_alloc_roots(vcpu);
-	spin_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
-	mmu_sync_roots(vcpu);
-	spin_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
+	kvm_mmu_sync_roots(vcpu);
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 	/* set_cr3() should ensure TLB has been flushed */