diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 027be91..969a859 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
@@ -346,12 +345,11 @@
 	struct vhost_net_ubuf_ref *uninitialized_var(ubufs);
 	bool zcopy, zcopy_used;
 
-	/* TODO: check that we are running from vhost_worker? */
-	sock = rcu_dereference_check(vq->private_data, 1);
-	if (!sock)
-		return;
-
 	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
+	sock = vq->private_data;
+	if (!sock)
+		goto out;
+
 	vhost_disable_notify(&net->dev, vq);
 
 	hdr_size = nvq->vhost_hlen;
@@ -461,7 +459,7 @@
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 }
 
@@ -570,14 +568,14 @@
 	s16 headcount;
 	size_t vhost_hlen, sock_hlen;
 	size_t vhost_len, sock_len;
-	/* TODO: check that we are running from vhost_worker? */
-	struct socket *sock = rcu_dereference_check(vq->private_data, 1);
-
-	if (!sock)
-		return;
+	struct socket *sock;
 
 	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
+	sock = vq->private_data;
+	if (!sock)
+		goto out;
 	vhost_disable_notify(&net->dev, vq);
+
 	vhost_hlen = nvq->vhost_hlen;
 	sock_hlen = nvq->sock_hlen;
 
@@ -652,7 +650,7 @@
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 }
 
@@ -750,8 +748,7 @@
 	struct vhost_poll *poll = n->poll + (nvq - n->vqs);
 	struct socket *sock;
 
-	sock = rcu_dereference_protected(vq->private_data,
-					 lockdep_is_held(&vq->mutex));
+	sock = vq->private_data;
 	if (!sock)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -764,10 +761,9 @@
 	struct socket *sock;
 
 	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
-	sock = rcu_dereference_protected(vq->private_data,
-					 lockdep_is_held(&vq->mutex));
+	sock = vq->private_data;
 	vhost_net_disable_vq(n, vq);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, NULL);
+	vq->private_data = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 	return sock;
 }
@@ -923,8 +919,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* start polling new socket */
-	oldsock = rcu_dereference_protected(vq->private_data,
-					    lockdep_is_held(&vq->mutex));
+	oldsock = vq->private_data;
 	if (sock != oldsock) {
 		ubufs = vhost_net_ubuf_alloc(vq,
 					     sock && vhost_sock_zcopy(sock));
@@ -934,7 +929,7 @@
 		}
 
 		vhost_net_disable_vq(n, vq);
-		rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, sock);
+		vq->private_data = sock;
 		r = vhost_init_used(vq);
 		if (r)
 			goto err_used;
@@ -968,7 +963,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
 err_used:
-	rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, oldsock);
+	vq->private_data = oldsock;
 	vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
 	if (ubufs)
 		vhost_net_ubuf_put_wait_and_free(ubufs);
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 06adf31..0c27c7d 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -902,19 +902,15 @@
 	int head, ret;
 	u8 target;
 
+	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
 	/*
 	 * We can handle the vq only after the endpoint is setup by calling the
 	 * VHOST_SCSI_SET_ENDPOINT ioctl.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: Check that we are running from vhost_worker which acts
-	 * as read-side critical section for vhost kind of RCU.
-	 * See the comments in struct vhost_virtqueue in drivers/vhost/vhost.h
 	 */
-	vs_tpg = rcu_dereference_check(vq->private_data, 1);
+	vs_tpg = vq->private_data;
 	if (!vs_tpg)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
-	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
 	vhost_disable_notify(&vs->dev, vq);
 
 	for (;;) {
@@ -1064,6 +1060,7 @@
 	vhost_scsi_free_cmd(cmd);
 err_cmd:
 	vhost_scsi_send_bad_target(vs, vq, head, out);
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 }
 
@@ -1232,9 +1229,8 @@
 		       sizeof(vs->vs_vhost_wwpn));
 		for (i = 0; i < VHOST_SCSI_MAX_VQ; i++) {
 			vq = &vs->vqs[i].vq;
-			/* Flushing the vhost_work acts as synchronize_rcu */
 			mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
-			rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, vs_tpg);
+			vq->private_data = vs_tpg;
 			vhost_init_used(vq);
 			mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 		}
@@ -1313,9 +1309,8 @@
 	if (match) {
 		for (i = 0; i < VHOST_SCSI_MAX_VQ; i++) {
 			vq = &vs->vqs[i].vq;
-			/* Flushing the vhost_work acts as synchronize_rcu */
 			mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
-			rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, NULL);
+			vq->private_data = NULL;
 			mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/test.c b/drivers/vhost/test.c
index a73ea21..339eae8 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/test.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/test.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
@@ -200,9 +199,8 @@
 		priv = test ? n : NULL;
 
 		/* start polling new socket */
-		oldpriv = rcu_dereference_protected(vq->private_data,
-						    lockdep_is_held(&vq->mutex));
-		rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, priv);
+		oldpriv = vq->private_data;
+		vq->private_data = priv;
 
 		r = vhost_init_used(&n->vqs[index]);
 
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index 42298cd..4465ed5 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -103,14 +103,8 @@
 	struct iovec iov[UIO_MAXIOV];
 	struct iovec *indirect;
 	struct vring_used_elem *heads;
-	/* We use a kind of RCU to access private pointer.
-	 * All readers access it from worker, which makes it possible to
-	 * flush the vhost_work instead of synchronize_rcu. Therefore readers do
-	 * not need to call rcu_read_lock/rcu_read_unlock: the beginning of
-	 * vhost_work execution acts instead of rcu_read_lock() and the end of
-	 * vhost_work execution acts instead of rcu_read_unlock().
-	 * Writers use virtqueue mutex. */
-	void __rcu *private_data;
+	/* Protected by virtqueue mutex. */
+	void *private_data;
 	/* Log write descriptors */
 	void __user *log_base;
 	struct vhost_log *log;