diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 0f02351c9239b2221dbc3820b7896388a83a71a8..ece2049bd27016487aef8327eee7fb040ee346db 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -1830,9 +1830,13 @@ uart_set_options(struct uart_port *port, struct console *co,
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that the serial console lock is initialised
 	 * early.
+	 * If this port is a console, then the spinlock is already
+	 * initialised.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_init(&port->lock);
-	lockdep_set_class(&port->lock, &port_lock_key);
+	if (!(uart_console(port) && (port->cons->flags & CON_ENABLED))) {
+		spin_lock_init(&port->lock);
+		lockdep_set_class(&port->lock, &port_lock_key);
+	}
 
 	memset(&termios, 0, sizeof(struct ktermios));