diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index 7f66a7783209..59f0f1030c54 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -2320,16 +2320,12 @@ static int ibmvscsi_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 static int ibmvscsi_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
 	struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata = dev_get_drvdata(&vdev->dev);
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	srp_remove_host(hostdata->host);
 	scsi_remove_host(hostdata->host);
 
 	purge_requests(hostdata, DID_ERROR);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hostdata->host->host_lock, flags);
 	release_event_pool(&hostdata->pool, hostdata);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hostdata->host->host_lock, flags);
 
 	ibmvscsi_release_crq_queue(&hostdata->queue, hostdata,
 					max_events);