diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index 429c3dc2a5f3..3acf16d79cf4 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -288,12 +288,10 @@ static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node, struct mcs_spinlock *prev)
 {
 	struct pv_node *pn = (struct pv_node *)node;
 	struct pv_node *pp = (struct pv_node *)prev;
-	int waitcnt = 0;
 	int loop;
 	bool wait_early;
 
-	/* waitcnt processing will be compiled out if !QUEUED_LOCK_STAT */
-	for (;; waitcnt++) {
+	for (;;) {
 		for (wait_early = false, loop = SPIN_THRESHOLD; loop; loop--) {
 			if (READ_ONCE(node->locked))
 				return;
@@ -317,7 +315,6 @@ static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node, struct mcs_spinlock *prev)
 
 		if (!READ_ONCE(node->locked)) {
 			qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_node, true);
-			qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_again, waitcnt);
 			qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_early, wait_early);
 			pv_wait(&pn->state, vcpu_halted);
 		}
@@ -458,12 +455,9 @@ pv_wait_head_or_lock(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
 		pv_wait(&l->locked, _Q_SLOW_VAL);
 
 		/*
-		 * The unlocker should have freed the lock before kicking the
-		 * CPU. So if the lock is still not free, it is a spurious
-		 * wakeup or another vCPU has stolen the lock. The current
-		 * vCPU should spin again.
+		 * Because of lock stealing, the queue head vCPU may not be
+		 * able to acquire the lock before it has to wait again.
 		 */
-		qstat_inc(qstat_pv_spurious_wakeup, READ_ONCE(l->locked));
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h
index b9d031516254..eb0a599fcf58 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
  *   pv_latency_wake	- average latency (ns) from vCPU kick to wakeup
  *   pv_lock_slowpath	- # of locking operations via the slowpath
  *   pv_lock_stealing	- # of lock stealing operations
- *   pv_spurious_wakeup	- # of spurious wakeups
- *   pv_wait_again	- # of vCPU wait's that happened after a vCPU kick
+ *   pv_spurious_wakeup	- # of spurious wakeups in non-head vCPUs
+ *   pv_wait_again	- # of wait's after a queue head vCPU kick
  *   pv_wait_early	- # of early vCPU wait's
  *   pv_wait_head	- # of vCPU wait's at the queue head
  *   pv_wait_node	- # of vCPU wait's at a non-head queue node