1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
index e8594c64d1e6..2847324a2be2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping, 0, 0);
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
 static char wdt_expect_close;
-static spinlock_t wdt_spinlock;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(wdt_spinlock);
 
 /*
  *      Whack the dog
@@ -383,8 +383,6 @@ static int __init sc520_wdt_init(void)
 {
         int rc = -EBUSY;
 
-        spin_lock_init(&wdt_spinlock);
-
         /* Check that the timeout value is within it's range ; if not reset to the default */
         if (wdt_set_heartbeat(timeout)) {
                 wdt_set_heartbeat(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT);