diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c
index 0a1e859323b4..a8085cd8215e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_imsic.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct imsic {
 	/* IMSIC SW-file */
 	struct imsic_mrif *swfile;
 	phys_addr_t swfile_pa;
-	spinlock_t swfile_extirq_lock;
+	raw_spinlock_t swfile_extirq_lock;
 };
 
 #define imsic_vs_csr_read(__c)			\
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static void imsic_swfile_extirq_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * interruptions between reading topei and updating pending status.
 	 */
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&imsic->swfile_extirq_lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&imsic->swfile_extirq_lock, flags);
 
 	if (imsic_mrif_atomic_read(mrif, &mrif->eidelivery) &&
 	    imsic_mrif_topei(mrif, imsic->nr_eix, imsic->nr_msis))
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static void imsic_swfile_extirq_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	else
 		kvm_riscv_vcpu_unset_interrupt(vcpu, IRQ_VS_EXT);
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->swfile_extirq_lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imsic->swfile_extirq_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void imsic_swfile_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool clear,
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_aia_imsic_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 	imsic->swfile = page_to_virt(swfile_page);
 	imsic->swfile_pa = page_to_phys(swfile_page);
-	spin_lock_init(&imsic->swfile_extirq_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_init(&imsic->swfile_extirq_lock);
 
 	/* Setup IO device */
 	kvm_iodevice_init(&imsic->iodev, &imsic_iodoev_ops);