1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
index 7d300ff7ab07..9b7f6b6edef6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static	int timeoutM;				/* timeout in minutes */
 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 (60..15300), default=" __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) ")");
@@ -448,8 +448,6 @@ static int __init wd977_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 */
         if (wdt977_set_timeout(timeout))
         {