diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
index 0c1e6b465fba9..31bbfe5479aeb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -813,8 +813,6 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_context *ce)
 			continue;
 
 		list_del_init(&rq->sched.link);
-		spin_unlock(&ce->guc_active.lock);
-
 		__i915_request_unsubmit(rq);
 
 		/* Push the request back into the queue for later resubmission. */
@@ -827,8 +825,6 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_context *ce)
 
 		list_add(&rq->sched.link, pl);
 		set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags);
-
-		spin_lock(&ce->guc_active.lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ce->guc_active.lock);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sched_engine->lock, flags);