diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 6b237e3f49830..3988c09143221 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -513,7 +513,9 @@ static int virtballoon_migratepage(struct balloon_dev_info *vb_dev_info,
 	tell_host(vb, vb->inflate_vq);
 
 	/* balloon's page migration 2nd step -- deflate "page" */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&vb_dev_info->pages_lock, flags);
 	balloon_page_delete(page);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vb_dev_info->pages_lock, flags);
 	vb->num_pfns = VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE;
 	set_page_pfns(vb, vb->pfns, page);
 	tell_host(vb, vb->deflate_vq);