diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c
index da1ee2e1ba991c98ec5d4ca9ba98ceba95b9ac77..2779704e128aa4462512500b0a2a860741550cce 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ void vmci_resource_remove(struct vmci_resource *resource)
 	spin_lock(&vmci_resource_table.lock);
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry(r, &vmci_resource_table.entries[idx], node) {
-		if (vmci_handle_is_equal(r->handle, resource->handle)) {
+		if (vmci_handle_is_equal(r->handle, resource->handle) &&
+		    resource->type == r->type) {
 			hlist_del_init_rcu(&r->node);
 			break;
 		}