diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
index 84b5dec5d29c..42e09cc1b8ac 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ int register_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
 	virtio_add_status(dev, VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_ACKNOWLEDGE);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->vqs);
-	spin_lock_init(&dev->vqs_list_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * device_add() causes the bus infrastructure to look for a matching
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 6b7aa26c5384..71e16b53e9c1 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -1668,9 +1668,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
 			cpu_to_le16(vq->packed.event_flags_shadow);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&vdev->vqs_list_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&vq->vq.list, &vdev->vqs);
-	spin_unlock(&vdev->vqs_list_lock);
 	return &vq->vq;
 
 err_desc_extra:
@@ -2128,9 +2126,7 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
 	memset(vq->split.desc_state, 0, vring.num *
 			sizeof(struct vring_desc_state_split));
 
-	spin_lock(&vdev->vqs_list_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&vq->vq.list, &vdev->vqs);
-	spin_unlock(&vdev->vqs_list_lock);
 	return &vq->vq;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vring_new_virtqueue);
@@ -2214,9 +2210,7 @@ void vring_del_virtqueue(struct virtqueue *_vq)
 	}
 	if (!vq->packed_ring)
 		kfree(vq->split.desc_state);
-	spin_lock(&vq->vq.vdev->vqs_list_lock);
 	list_del(&_vq->list);
-	spin_unlock(&vq->vq.vdev->vqs_list_lock);
 	kfree(vq);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vring_del_virtqueue);
@@ -2280,12 +2274,10 @@ void virtio_break_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
 {
 	struct virtqueue *_vq;
 
-	spin_lock(&dev->vqs_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(_vq, &dev->vqs, list) {
 		struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
 		vq->broken = true;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dev->vqs_list_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_break_device);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 8ecc2e208d61..55ea329fe72a 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ struct virtio_device {
 	bool config_enabled;
 	bool config_change_pending;
 	spinlock_t config_lock;
-	spinlock_t vqs_list_lock; /* Protects VQs list access */
 	struct device dev;
 	struct virtio_device_id id;
 	const struct virtio_config_ops *config;