diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index 7c3392e5072256813bf55dd80bbc375ad923f511..91c99e76c8cc903f1b363aefb68e050907bb516d 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card, spinlock_t *lock
 		sg_init_table(mq->sg, host->max_segs);
 	}
 
-	init_MUTEX(&mq->thread_sem);
+	sema_init(&mq->thread_sem, 1);
 
 	mq->thread = kthread_run(mmc_queue_thread, mq, "mmcqd");
 	if (IS_ERR(mq->thread)) {