diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
index ba9e1c2150c2f21ffa6e9315047648d3570ba9dc..f8869410d40ce8ba4eac30d3193f28aedb8383a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ See the comments in spte_has_volatile_bits() and mmu_spte_update().
 ------------
 
 Name:		kvm_lock
-Type:		raw_spinlock
+Type:		spinlock_t
 Arch:		any
 Protects:	- vm_list
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index dce0df8150df23709607ca05ef4d09cb867cc035..cf95cfe050a6906948a27eef52c3c4cd69ae3a51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4428,7 +4428,7 @@ mmu_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
 	int nr_to_scan = sc->nr_to_scan;
 	unsigned long freed = 0;
 
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(kvm, &vm_list, vm_list) {
 		int idx;
@@ -4478,9 +4478,8 @@ unlock:
 		break;
 	}
 
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 	return freed;
-
 }
 
 static unsigned long
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index e5ca72a5cdb6da13617033ad8c0c65c4391d9e2f..187f824b1454c948d259acf5e7e1c724e4be516b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5263,7 +5263,7 @@ static int kvmclock_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long va
 
 	smp_call_function_single(freq->cpu, tsc_khz_changed, freq, 1);
 
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(kvm, &vm_list, vm_list) {
 		kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
 			if (vcpu->cpu != freq->cpu)
@@ -5273,7 +5273,7 @@ static int kvmclock_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long va
 				send_ipi = 1;
 		}
 	}
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 
 	if (freq->old < freq->new && send_ipi) {
 		/*
@@ -5426,12 +5426,12 @@ static void pvclock_gtod_update_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	int i;
 
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(kvm, &vm_list, vm_list)
 		kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
 			set_bit(KVM_REQ_MASTERCLOCK_UPDATE, &vcpu->requests);
 	atomic_set(&kvm_guest_has_master_clock, 0);
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 }
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(pvclock_gtod_work, pvclock_gtod_update_fn);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 749bdb12cd15504d602e475e6db47cf843e8d05e..7c961e1e9270d4a55c20c7514d655f37cf70e7f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct kvm;
 struct kvm_vcpu;
 extern struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;
 
-extern raw_spinlock_t kvm_lock;
+extern spinlock_t kvm_lock;
 extern struct list_head vm_list;
 
 struct kvm_io_range {
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index eb94343c2ed2153b773e3fda3d519cc8f468d56b..d469114aff097dbdc791173c6ec997a48970249c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
  * 		kvm->lock --> kvm->slots_lock --> kvm->irq_lock
  */
 
-DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(kvm_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kvm_lock);
 static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(kvm_count_lock);
 LIST_HEAD(vm_list);
 
@@ -491,9 +491,9 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	if (r)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 	list_add(&kvm->vm_list, &vm_list);
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 
 	return kvm;
 
@@ -582,9 +582,9 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = kvm->mm;
 
 	kvm_arch_sync_events(kvm);
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 	list_del(&kvm->vm_list);
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 	kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
 		kvm_io_bus_destroy(kvm->buses[i]);
@@ -3054,10 +3054,10 @@ static int vm_stat_get(void *_offset, u64 *val)
 	struct kvm *kvm;
 
 	*val = 0;
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(kvm, &vm_list, vm_list)
 		*val += *(u32 *)((void *)kvm + offset);
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3071,12 +3071,12 @@ static int vcpu_stat_get(void *_offset, u64 *val)
 	int i;
 
 	*val = 0;
-	raw_spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(kvm, &vm_list, vm_list)
 		kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
 			*val += *(u32 *)((void *)vcpu + offset);
 
-	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 	return 0;
 }