diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 940e9ff231a3..9f8eea3e2987 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(vcpu);
 	if (!kvm_is_ucontrol(vcpu->kvm))
 		sca_del_vcpu(vcpu);
-	smp_mb();
 
 	if (kvm_is_ucontrol(vcpu->kvm))
 		gmap_free(vcpu->arch.gmap);