diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 8722656cdebf..8a15af3e1a9d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -936,16 +936,21 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 	 * pipe->nrbufs == 0 means there are no data to transfer,
 	 * so this returns just 0 for no data.
 	 */
-	if (!pipe->nrbufs)
-		return 0;
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
+	if (!pipe->nrbufs) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto error_out;
+	}
 
 	ret = wait_port_writable(port, filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto error_out;
 
 	buf = alloc_buf(port->out_vq, 0, pipe->nrbufs);
-	if (!buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!buf) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error_out;
+	}
 
 	sgl.n = 0;
 	sgl.len = 0;
@@ -953,12 +958,17 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 	sgl.sg = buf->sg;
 	sg_init_table(sgl.sg, sgl.size);
 	ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, &sd, pipe_to_sg);
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
 	if (likely(ret > 0))
 		ret = __send_to_port(port, buf->sg, sgl.n, sgl.len, buf, true);
 
 	if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
 		free_buf(buf, true);
 	return ret;
+
+error_out:
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static unsigned int port_fops_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)