1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
index 51826c216d6d..c622a0e6c9ae 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
 static char expect_close;
-static spinlock_t io_lock;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(io_lock);
 
 /* You must set this - there is no sane way to probe for this board. */
 static int wdt_io = 0x2e;
@@ -376,8 +376,6 @@ wdt_init(void)
 {
         int ret, i, found = 0;
 
-        spin_lock_init(&io_lock);
-
         printk (KERN_INFO PFX "WDT driver for W83697HF/HG initializing\n");
 
         if (wdt_io == 0) {