1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 46e54b441663..11ef9d9ea139 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -1715,6 +1715,15 @@ request_queue_t *blk_init_queue(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock)
         if (blk_init_free_list(q))
                 goto out_init;
 
+        /*
+         * if caller didn't supply a lock, they get per-queue locking with
+         * our embedded lock
+         */
+        if (!lock) {
+                spin_lock_init(&q->__queue_lock);
+                lock = &q->__queue_lock;
+        }
+
         q->request_fn           = rfn;
         q->back_merge_fn        = ll_back_merge_fn;
         q->front_merge_fn       = ll_front_merge_fn;