1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 9a9502a4aa50..69068e0d8f31 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -161,9 +161,11 @@ void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work)
         if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
                 list_add_tail(&work->node, &dev->work_list);
                 work->queue_seq++;
+                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
                 wake_up_process(dev->worker);
+        } else {
+                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
         }
-        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_work_queue);