diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
index 4de9edf96ed26c3c8fc8632d1235c300f398cdf5..86d107511dd4dc1290e765714a2b560432e85a17 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_address_exception(unsigned long ecr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 /* This way of handling undefined instructions is stolen from ARM */
 static LIST_HEAD(undef_hook);
-static spinlock_t undef_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(undef_lock);
 
 void register_undef_hook(struct undef_hook *hook)
 {
diff --git a/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/clock.c b/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/clock.c
index 00c435452d7e500e473b3cbbeb1b4f1d939d5659..0f8c89c9f83243532c57dded20c5fc1be0893b91 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/clock.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/clock.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "clock.h"
 
-static spinlock_t clk_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(clk_lock);
 
 struct clk *clk_get(struct device *dev, const char *id)
 {