diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 3145b28..a3fd0f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 
 struct kvm {
 	spinlock_t mmu_lock;
-	spinlock_t requests_lock;
+	raw_spinlock_t requests_lock;
 	struct mutex slots_lock;
 	struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */
 	struct kvm_memslots *memslots;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 0a360c2..548f925 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 
 	zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpus, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-	spin_lock(&kvm->requests_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&kvm->requests_lock);
 	me = smp_processor_id();
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
 		if (test_and_set_bit(req, &vcpu->requests))
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 		smp_call_function_many(cpus, ack_flush, NULL, 1);
 	else
 		called = false;
-	spin_unlock(&kvm->requests_lock);
+	raw_spin_unlock(&kvm->requests_lock);
 	free_cpumask_var(cpus);
 	return called;
 }
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
 	kvm->mm = current->mm;
 	atomic_inc(&kvm->mm->mm_count);
 	spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&kvm->requests_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_init(&kvm->requests_lock);
 	kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->lock);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);