diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index ff457a77e22b..72bd5c9b9617 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -3238,9 +3238,7 @@ static int sca_can_add_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 	if (!sclp.has_esca || !sclp.has_64bscao)
 		return false;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	rc = kvm->arch.use_esca ? 0 : sca_switch_to_extended(kvm);
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
 	return rc == 0 && id < KVM_S390_ESCA_CPU_SLOTS;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 501606e02688..9c2e2b6d1767 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -11242,7 +11242,7 @@ static int sync_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_precreate(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 {
-	if (kvm_check_tsc_unstable() && atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) != 0)
+	if (kvm_check_tsc_unstable() && kvm->created_vcpus)
 		pr_warn_once("kvm: SMP vm created on host with unstable TSC; "
 			     "guest TSC will not be reliable\n");
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7f79abdbd68d..6dbdcbda0291 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3768,13 +3768,15 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	r = kvm_arch_vcpu_precreate(kvm, id);
+	if (r) {
+		mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+		return r;
+	}
+
 	kvm->created_vcpus++;
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
-	r = kvm_arch_vcpu_precreate(kvm, id);
-	if (r)
-		goto vcpu_decrement;
-
 	vcpu = kmem_cache_zalloc(kvm_vcpu_cache, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!vcpu) {
 		r = -ENOMEM;