diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 6a1aa004e376615fed91a1cbd4c2bc6149896957..b5496e81b0f735c65afd908ed2ae7e172ae459cf 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *cred_jar;
 static struct thread_group_cred init_tgcred = {
 	.usage	= ATOMIC_INIT(2),
 	.tgid	= 0,
-	.lock	= SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED,
+	.lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_cred.tgcred.lock),
 };
 #endif