diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/imx-pxp.c b/drivers/media/platform/imx-pxp.c
index 723b096fedd109dc3ce14f88f6087fd311eb690f..b7174778db5390f89410bd82912eb4ad06136e66 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/imx-pxp.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/imx-pxp.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,8 @@ static int pxp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (irq < 0)
 		return irq;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&dev->irqlock);
+
 	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, NULL, pxp_irq_handler,
 			IRQF_ONESHOT, dev_name(&pdev->dev), dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1676,8 +1678,6 @@ static int pxp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_clk;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_init(&dev->irqlock);
-
 	ret = v4l2_device_register(&pdev->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_clk;