diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index 7f68cf58b978fb..41feb858ff9a5e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -438,14 +438,13 @@ void kvm_vgic_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
 	unsigned long i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 
 	vgic_debug_destroy(kvm);
 
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
 		__kvm_vgic_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
-
 	kvm_vgic_dist_destroy(kvm);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);