diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 364daac..c82ae24 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -341,7 +341,11 @@ static void kvm_mmu_notifier_release(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
 				     struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	struct kvm *kvm = mmu_notifier_to_kvm(mn);
+	int idx;
+
+	idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
 	kvm_arch_flush_shadow(kvm);
+	srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx);
 }
 
 static const struct mmu_notifier_ops kvm_mmu_notifier_ops = {