diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 6d8a87f252de..cb9b1f8326c3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ static void virtblk_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
 		if (unlikely(virtqueue_is_broken(vq)))
 			break;
 	} while (!virtqueue_enable_cb(vq));
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vblk->vq_lock, flags);
 
 	/* In case queue is stopped waiting for more buffers. */
 	if (req_done)
 		blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(vblk->disk->queue);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vblk->vq_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static int virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *req)
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ static int virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *req)
 	err = __virtblk_add_req(vblk->vq, vbr, vbr->sg, num);
 	if (err) {
 		virtqueue_kick(vblk->vq);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vblk->vq_lock, flags);
 		blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(hctx);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vblk->vq_lock, flags);
 		/* Out of mem doesn't actually happen, since we fall back
 		 * to direct descriptors */
 		if (err == -ENOMEM || err == -ENOSPC)