1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
index b29221783598..b9564c5ddab9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ struct ar7_wdt {
 };
 
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
-static spinlock_t wdt_lock;
 static unsigned expect_close;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(wdt_lock);
 
 /* XXX currently fixed, allows max margin ~68.72 secs */
 #define prescale_value 0xffff
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ static int __devinit ar7_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
         int rc;
 
-        spin_lock_init(&wdt_lock);
-
         ar7_regs_wdt =
                 platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "regs");
         if (!ar7_regs_wdt) {