diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
index 8848d1548b3f2b7e494f75ca125889e1a0e5dc5a..3ebda7707e46aaa704b8b805fcbc2120f9d70df4 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
@@ -129,12 +129,8 @@ static int __vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel,
 	send_pages = newchannel->ringbuffer_send_offset;
 	recv_pages = newchannel->ringbuffer_pagecount - send_pages;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&newchannel->lock, flags);
-	if (newchannel->state != CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&newchannel->lock, flags);
+	if (newchannel->state != CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&newchannel->lock, flags);
 
 	newchannel->state = CHANNEL_OPENING_STATE;
 	newchannel->onchannel_callback = onchannelcallback;
diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 92f8bb2077a945fd23a599a4ac0df18b44185dce..591106cf58fc086c5a683da02ab8bd4204fbb069 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ static struct vmbus_channel *alloc_channel(void)
 		return NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&channel->sched_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&channel->lock);
 	init_completion(&channel->rescind_event);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->sc_list);
diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
index 690394b79d727ccaddf581118a4ac9c84a58f7e2..38100e80360acc48685df742a0f7fa33239155c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
+++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
@@ -840,12 +840,6 @@ struct vmbus_channel {
 	 */
 	void (*chn_rescind_callback)(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
 
-	/*
-	 * The spinlock to protect the structure. It is being used to protect
-	 * test-and-set access to various attributes of the structure as well
-	 * as all sc_list operations.
-	 */
-	spinlock_t lock;
 	/*
 	 * All Sub-channels of a primary channel are linked here.
 	 */