diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
index f6af73f13f..a5be1940bf 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocvirtual.cpp
@@ -605,9 +605,6 @@ VirtualGPU::~VirtualGPU() {
     virtualQueue_->release();
   }
 
-  // Lock the device to make the following thread safe
-  amd::ScopedLock lock(roc_device_.vgpusAccess());
-
   --roc_device_.numOfVgpus_;  // Virtual gpu unique index decrementing
   roc_device_.vgpus_.erase(roc_device_.vgpus_.begin() + index());
   for (uint idx = index(); idx < roc_device_.vgpus().size(); ++idx) {