diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 5636c7ca8ebac..0020ae906bf9c 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static int vhost_net_rx_peek_head_len(struct vhost_net *net, struct sock *sk)
 
 	if (!len && vq->busyloop_timeout) {
 		/* Both tx vq and rx socket were polled here */
-		mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&vq->mutex, 1);
 		vhost_disable_notify(&net->dev, vq);
 
 		preempt_disable();
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static void handle_rx(struct vhost_net *net)
 	struct iov_iter fixup;
 	__virtio16 num_buffers;
 
-	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&vq->mutex, 0);
 	sock = vq->private_data;
 	if (!sock)
 		goto out;