diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
index 5c020403342f937e65b061f908bbfe8b570d32b9..7cccc41dd69c9cb4a7cba4c226b143ff5bb00bc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
@@ -292,13 +292,14 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_group_add(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam *tcam,
 	int err;
 
 	group->tcam = tcam;
-	mutex_init(&group->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&group->region_list);
 
 	err = mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_group_id_get(tcam, &group->id);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	mutex_init(&group->lock);
+
 	return 0;
 }