diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index ecd77897a761c5775b370e9c840b821f56beb8b4..588889bea7c3032684432ca70889317e4a2cefd1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -1701,8 +1701,6 @@ aoecmd_init(void)
 		goto ktiowq_fail;
 	}
 
-	mutex_init(&ktio_spawn_lock);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < ncpus; i++) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iocq[i].head);
 		spin_lock_init(&iocq[i].lock);