diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
index 1c94783b5a54..21ea58d25771 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * can find which vCPU should be waken up.
  */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, blocked_vcpu_on_cpu);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(spinlock_t, blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(raw_spinlock_t, blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock);
 
 static inline struct pi_desc *vcpu_to_pi_desc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ static void __pi_post_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			   new.control) != old.control);
 
 	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->pre_pcpu == -1)) {
-		spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
+		raw_spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
 		list_del(&vcpu->blocked_vcpu_list);
-		spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
+		raw_spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
 		vcpu->pre_pcpu = -1;
 	}
 }
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ int pi_pre_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	local_irq_disable();
 	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->pre_pcpu != -1)) {
 		vcpu->pre_pcpu = vcpu->cpu;
-		spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
+		raw_spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
 		list_add_tail(&vcpu->blocked_vcpu_list,
 			      &per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu,
 				       vcpu->pre_pcpu));
-		spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
+		raw_spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
 	}
 
 	do {
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void pi_wakeup_handler(void)
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
+	raw_spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
 	list_for_each_entry(vcpu, &per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu, cpu),
 			blocked_vcpu_list) {
 		struct pi_desc *pi_desc = vcpu_to_pi_desc(vcpu);
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ void pi_wakeup_handler(void)
 		if (pi_test_on(pi_desc) == 1)
 			kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
+	raw_spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
 }
 
 void __init pi_init_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu, cpu));
-	spin_lock_init(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
+	raw_spin_lock_init(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
 }
 
 bool pi_has_pending_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)