diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index bcb6ade76411c3..f134c300cdcf16 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ struct kvm_arch {
 	/* Mandated version of PSCI */
 	u32 psci_version;
 
+	/* Protects VM-scoped configuration data */
+	struct mutex config_lock;
+
 	/*
 	 * If we encounter a data abort without valid instruction syndrome
 	 * information, report this to user space.  User space can (and
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 63661c2aab8d62..062f788cadd72c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	mutex_init(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	/* Clue in lockdep that the config_lock must be taken inside kvm->lock */
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+#endif
+
 	ret = kvm_share_hyp(kvm, kvm + 1);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -338,6 +348,14 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&vcpu->arch.mp_state_lock);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	/* Inform lockdep that the config_lock is acquired after vcpu->mutex */
+	mutex_lock(&vcpu->mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&vcpu->mutex);
+#endif
+
 	/* Force users to call KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT */
 	vcpu->arch.target = -1;
 	bitmap_zero(vcpu->arch.features, KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
index 85ef335e4c4231..8c346b3e41e0a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int kvm_set_vm_width(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	is32bit = vcpu_has_feature(vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT);
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 
 	if (test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_REG_WIDTH_CONFIGURED, &kvm->arch.flags)) {
 		/*
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	bool loaded;
 	u32 pstate;
 
-	mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
 	ret = kvm_set_vm_width(vcpu);
-	mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
 
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;