diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 00a8f954200ce88d877e63ec3afa554f77f1c1ab..5f158646479f2be32d5a88e1cf889be1931c4193 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -1588,7 +1588,6 @@ static struct iwl_op_mode *iwl_op_mode_dvm_start(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	/* these spin locks will be used in apm_ops.init and EEPROM access
 	 * we should init now
 	 */
-	spin_lock_init(&priv->trans->reg_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->statistics.lock);
 
 	/***********************
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c
index 63557bb85cdaa6d064f603ab148b07a9971b58dd..2e57161854b901187f40a50628db2fdf6b4c8ac0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie.c
@@ -2175,6 +2175,7 @@ struct iwl_trans *iwl_trans_pcie_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	/* Initialize the wait queue for commands */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&trans->wait_command_queue);
+	spin_lock_init(&trans->reg_lock);
 
 	return trans;