diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index abed1fbcf66c..0835f942684f 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -664,9 +664,24 @@ static int vhost_vsock_start(struct vhost_vsock *vsock)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void vhost_vsock_drop_backends(struct vhost_vsock *vsock)
+{
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+	size_t i;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&vsock->dev.mutex);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vsock->vqs); i++) {
+		vq = &vsock->vqs[i];
+
+		mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
+		vhost_vq_set_backend(vq, NULL);
+		mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
+	}
+}
+
 static int vhost_vsock_stop(struct vhost_vsock *vsock, bool check_owner)
 {
-	size_t i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&vsock->dev.mutex);
@@ -677,14 +692,7 @@ static int vhost_vsock_stop(struct vhost_vsock *vsock, bool check_owner)
 			goto err;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vsock->vqs); i++) {
-		struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = &vsock->vqs[i];
-
-		mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
-		vhost_vq_set_backend(vq, NULL);
-		mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
-	}
-
+	vhost_vsock_drop_backends(vsock);
 err:
 	mutex_unlock(&vsock->dev.mutex);
 	return ret;