diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 58746328b9bd..3b7488fce3db 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -392,12 +392,7 @@ static void kvmppc_dump_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_find_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int id)
 {
-	struct kvm_vcpu *ret;
-
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-	ret = kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(kvm, id);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
-	return ret;
+	return kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(kvm, id);
 }
 
 static void init_vpa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct lppaca *vpa)
@@ -1258,7 +1253,6 @@ static void kvmppc_set_lpcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 new_lpcr,
 	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
@@ -1298,7 +1292,6 @@ 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,