diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5ecea812cb6a..28de87ff9f51 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -4083,7 +4083,7 @@ static int kvm_suspend(void)
 static void kvm_resume(void)
 {
 	if (kvm_usage_count) {
-		WARN_ON(raw_spin_is_locked(&kvm_count_lock));
+		lockdep_assert_held(&kvm_count_lock);
 		hardware_enable_nolock(NULL);
 	}
 }