diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
index 13b9c1fa8961..582a972371cf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -292,11 +292,18 @@ static void unmap_stage2_range(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t start, u64 size)
 	phys_addr_t addr = start, end = start + size;
 	phys_addr_t next;
 
+	assert_spin_locked(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + stage2_pgd_index(addr);
 	do {
 		next = stage2_pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (!stage2_pgd_none(*pgd))
 			unmap_stage2_puds(kvm, pgd, addr, next);
+		/*
+		 * If the range is too large, release the kvm->mmu_lock
+		 * to prevent starvation and lockup detector warnings.
+		 */
+		if (next != end)
+			cond_resched_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 }
 
@@ -831,7 +838,10 @@ void kvm_free_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
 	if (kvm->arch.pgd == NULL)
 		return;
 
+	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	unmap_stage2_range(kvm, 0, KVM_PHYS_SIZE);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+
 	/* Free the HW pgd, one page at a time */
 	free_pages_exact(kvm->arch.pgd, S2_PGD_SIZE);
 	kvm->arch.pgd = NULL;