diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
index 99a63bad0306..0ee4816b079a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ static void async_pf_execute(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 	first = list_empty(&vcpu->async_pf.done);
 	list_add_tail(&apf->link, &vcpu->async_pf.done);
-	apf->vcpu = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -120,8 +119,6 @@ static void kvm_flush_and_free_async_pf_work(struct kvm_async_pf *work)
 
 void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
-
 	/* cancel outstanding work queue item */
 	while (!list_empty(&vcpu->async_pf.queue)) {
 		struct kvm_async_pf *work =
@@ -129,23 +126,15 @@ void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 					 typeof(*work), queue);
 		list_del(&work->queue);
 
-		/*
-		 * We know it's present in vcpu->async_pf.done, do
-		 * nothing here.
-		 */
-		if (!work->vcpu)
-			continue;
-
-		spin_unlock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF_SYNC
 		flush_work(&work->work);
 #else
 		if (cancel_work_sync(&work->work))
 			kmem_cache_free(async_pf_cache, work);
 #endif
-		spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 	}
 
+	spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&vcpu->async_pf.done)) {
 		struct kvm_async_pf *work =
 			list_first_entry(&vcpu->async_pf.done,