diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 9bb69c59bb12978fb0c33d239f6014007253d28f..0e4dba0d0325329da4c4ebb508c4978c1094190f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -228,8 +228,10 @@ ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_global_lock_present;
  */
 ACPI_EXTERN spinlock_t _acpi_gbl_gpe_lock;	/* For GPE data structs and registers */
 ACPI_EXTERN spinlock_t _acpi_gbl_hardware_lock;	/* For ACPI H/W except GPE registers */
+ACPI_EXTERN spinlock_t _acpi_ev_global_lock_pending_lock; /* For global lock */
 #define acpi_gbl_gpe_lock	&_acpi_gbl_gpe_lock
 #define acpi_gbl_hardware_lock	&_acpi_gbl_hardware_lock
+#define acpi_ev_global_lock_pending_lock &_acpi_ev_global_lock_pending_lock
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c
index 8e31bb5a973ae2483129781eb756089554d7b694..38bba66fcce554a62ed63b3f5afd76d7d18186ba 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c
@@ -293,8 +293,6 @@ static void ACPI_SYSTEM_XFACE acpi_ev_notify_dispatch(void *context)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 static u8 acpi_ev_global_lock_pending;
-static spinlock_t _acpi_ev_global_lock_pending_lock;
-#define acpi_ev_global_lock_pending_lock &_acpi_ev_global_lock_pending_lock
 
 static u32 acpi_ev_global_lock_handler(void *context)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
index d9efa495b4330049a1fa57fde968938c6cb18f0b..199528ff7f1d2edde7b17d832940117b33449a16 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_mutex_initialize(void)
 
 	spin_lock_init(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(acpi_ev_global_lock_pending_lock);
 
 	/* Mutex for _OSI support */
 	status = acpi_os_create_mutex(&acpi_gbl_osi_mutex);