diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
index 2ebcbb1ddaa278a1c6b27b24b6bdc348a8bd4f3a..b496f30ce066740704144cc27175f88a452328f5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static struct i40e_client i40iw_client;
 static char i40iw_client_name[I40E_CLIENT_STR_LENGTH] = "i40iw";
 
 static LIST_HEAD(i40iw_handlers);
-static spinlock_t i40iw_handler_lock;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i40iw_handler_lock);
 
 static enum i40iw_status_code i40iw_virtchnl_send(struct i40iw_sc_dev *dev,
 						  u32 vf_id, u8 *msg, u16 len);
@@ -2043,7 +2043,6 @@ static int __init i40iw_init_module(void)
 	i40iw_client.ops = &i40e_ops;
 	memcpy(i40iw_client.name, i40iw_client_name, I40E_CLIENT_STR_LENGTH);
 	i40iw_client.type = I40E_CLIENT_IWARP;
-	spin_lock_init(&i40iw_handler_lock);
 	ret = i40e_register_client(&i40iw_client);
 	i40iw_register_notifiers();