diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 5915f240275a..55e5aa662ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -295,11 +295,8 @@ static void vhost_vq_meta_reset(struct vhost_dev *d)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < d->nvqs; ++i) {
-		mutex_lock(&d->vqs[i]->mutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < d->nvqs; ++i)
 		__vhost_vq_meta_reset(d->vqs[i]);
-		mutex_unlock(&d->vqs[i]->mutex);
-	}
 }
 
 static void vhost_vq_reset(struct vhost_dev *dev,
@@ -895,6 +892,20 @@ static inline void __user *__vhost_get_user(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 #define vhost_get_used(vq, x, ptr) \
 	vhost_get_user(vq, x, ptr, VHOST_ADDR_USED)
 
+static void vhost_dev_lock_vqs(struct vhost_dev *d)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < d->nvqs; ++i)
+		mutex_lock_nested(&d->vqs[i]->mutex, i);
+}
+
+static void vhost_dev_unlock_vqs(struct vhost_dev *d)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < d->nvqs; ++i)
+		mutex_unlock(&d->vqs[i]->mutex);
+}
+
 static int vhost_new_umem_range(struct vhost_umem *umem,
 				u64 start, u64 size, u64 end,
 				u64 userspace_addr, int perm)
@@ -976,6 +987,7 @@ static int vhost_process_iotlb_msg(struct vhost_dev *dev,
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
+	vhost_dev_lock_vqs(dev);
 	switch (msg->type) {
 	case VHOST_IOTLB_UPDATE:
 		if (!dev->iotlb) {
@@ -1009,6 +1021,7 @@ static int vhost_process_iotlb_msg(struct vhost_dev *dev,
 		break;
 	}
 
+	vhost_dev_unlock_vqs(dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
 
 	return ret;