diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 296b0d7570d0..1da558f28aa5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -7104,7 +7104,6 @@ static int svm_register_enc_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	region->uaddr = range->addr;
 	region->size = range->size;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	list_add_tail(&region->list, &sev->regions_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);