diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index f898df38dd9a..c61c8a738202 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -547,18 +547,10 @@ int intel_gvt_init_workload_scheduler(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 
 void intel_vgpu_clean_gvt_context(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = vgpu->gvt->dev_priv;
-
 	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&vgpu->shadow_ctx->status_notifier,
 			&vgpu->shadow_ctx_notifier_block);
 
-	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
-
-	/* a little hacky to mark as ctx closed */
-	vgpu->shadow_ctx->closed = true;
-	i915_gem_context_put(vgpu->shadow_ctx);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
+	i915_gem_context_put_unlocked(vgpu->shadow_ctx);
 }
 
 int intel_vgpu_init_gvt_context(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 598a70d2b695..15b25c1b1f4d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ i915_gem_context_create_gvt(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		goto out;
 
+	ctx->closed = true; /* not user accessible */
 	ctx->execlists_force_single_submission = true;
 	ctx->ring_size = 512 * PAGE_SIZE; /* Max ring buffer size */
 out: