diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 7a98dea498ed..2ca73f74ce83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -10296,12 +10296,7 @@ static int vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static inline int complete_emulated_io(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	int r;
-
-	vcpu->srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
-	r = kvm_emulate_instruction(vcpu, EMULTYPE_NO_DECODE);
-	srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, vcpu->srcu_idx);
-	return r;
+	return kvm_emulate_instruction(vcpu, EMULTYPE_NO_DECODE);
 }
 
 static int complete_emulated_pio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)