1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mrst_max3110.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mrst_max3110.c
index 3be1b0dd6f22..a764bf99743b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mrst_max3110.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mrst_max3110.c
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ static int max3110_main_thread(void *_max)
         int ret = 0;
         struct circ_buf *xmit = &max->con_xmit;
 
-        init_waitqueue_head(wq);
         pr_info(PR_FMT "start main thread\n");
 
         do {
@@ -838,6 +837,8 @@ static int __devinit serial_m3110_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
         max->con_xmit.head = 0;
         max->con_xmit.tail = 0;
 
+        init_waitqueue_head(&max->wq);
+
         max->main_thread = kthread_run(max3110_main_thread,
                                         max, "max3110_main");
         if (IS_ERR(max->main_thread)) {