diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7495ce34734..22b520b5441 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1689,9 +1689,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			break;
 
-		vcpu_put(vcpu);
 		schedule();
-		vcpu_load(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	finish_wait(&vcpu->wq, &wait);