diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
index 0763f065b975a543fb0e887d4af8d63bf7354f05..d10f1e7d6ba8c37140ae9332b59399baae4ffdf1 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
 /*
  * Initializier
  */
-#define	__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED	{ .val = ATOMIC_INIT(0) }
+#define	__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED	{ { .val = ATOMIC_INIT(0) } }
 
 /*
  * Bitfields in the atomic value: