diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/splitlock.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/splitlock.c
index 09bcace47..a3f825747 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/splitlock.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/splitlock.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void vcpu_kick_splitlock_emulation(struct acrn_vcpu *cur_vcpu)
 	uint16_t i;
 
 	if (cur_vcpu->vm->hw.created_vcpus > 1U) {
-		get_vm_lock(cur_vcpu->vm);
+		get_split_lock(cur_vcpu->vm);
 
 		foreach_vcpu(i, cur_vcpu->vm, other) {
 			if (other != cur_vcpu) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void vcpu_complete_splitlock_emulation(struct acrn_vcpu *cur_vcpu)
 			}
 		}
 
-		put_vm_lock(cur_vcpu->vm);
+		put_split_lock(cur_vcpu->vm);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
index 5b8672938..efe355a7f 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vm.c
@@ -1088,3 +1088,13 @@ void put_vm_lock(struct acrn_vm *vm)
 {
 	spinlock_release(&vm->vm_state_lock);
 }
+
+void get_split_lock(struct acrn_vm *vm)
+{
+	spinlock_obtain(&vm->split_lock);
+}
+
+void put_split_lock(struct acrn_vm *vm)
+{
+	spinlock_release(&vm->split_lock);
+}
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/asm/guest/vm.h b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/asm/guest/vm.h
index 1d2d64c5b..74065db25 100644
--- a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/asm/guest/vm.h
+++ b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/asm/guest/vm.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ struct acrn_vm {
 	 * the initialization depends on the clear BSS section
 	 */
 	spinlock_t vm_state_lock;
+	spinlock_t split_lock;
 	spinlock_t vlapic_mode_lock;	/* Spin-lock used to protect vlapic_mode modifications for a VM */
 	spinlock_t ept_lock;	/* Spin-lock used to protect ept add/modify/remove for a VM */
 	spinlock_t emul_mmio_lock;	/* Used to protect emulation mmio_node concurrent access for a VM */
@@ -274,6 +275,10 @@ void get_vm_lock(struct acrn_vm *vm);
 void put_vm_lock(struct acrn_vm *vm);
 
 void *get_sworld_memory_base(void);
+
+void get_split_lock(struct acrn_vm *vm);
+void put_split_lock(struct acrn_vm *vm);
+
 #endif /* !ASSEMBLER */
 
 #endif /* VM_H_ */