diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/dma.c
index 95f9c5a6d6d5dda9a237272af11bf633d340f4be..cb4521a6f42d4ad8870ae02d5b1b4b4ef29fafe7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/dma.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static sa1100_dma_t dma_chan[SA1100_DMA_CHANNELS];
 
-static spinlock_t dma_list_lock;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dma_list_lock);
 
 
 static irqreturn_t dma_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)