1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
index 157968442891..b475529d2475 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static	int timeoutW;			/* timeout in watchdog counter units */
 static  unsigned long timer_alive;
 static  int testmode;
 static  char expect_close;
-static  spinlock_t spinlock;
+static  DEFINE_SPINLOCK(spinlock);
 
 module_param(timeout, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout,"Watchdog timeout in seconds (15..7635), default=" __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) ")");
@@ -476,8 +476,6 @@ static int __init w83977f_wdt_init(void)
 
         printk(KERN_INFO PFX DRIVER_VERSION);
 
-        spin_lock_init(&spinlock);
-
         /*
          * Check that the timeout value is within it's range ; 
          * if not reset to the default