1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index ab11b2bee273..ad7a6f475a44 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -513,7 +513,13 @@ static void vhost_net_busy_poll(struct vhost_net *net,
         struct socket *sock;
         struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = poll_rx ? tvq : rvq;
 
-        mutex_lock_nested(&vq->mutex, poll_rx ? VHOST_NET_VQ_TX: VHOST_NET_VQ_RX);
+        /* Try to hold the vq mutex of the paired virtqueue. We can't
+         * use mutex_lock() here since we could not guarantee a
+         * consistenet lock ordering.
+         */
+        if (!mutex_trylock(&vq->mutex))
+                return;
+
         vhost_disable_notify(&net->dev, vq);
         sock = rvq->private_data;