diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 71d10fb59849bff091ee64b6f7e9cc8ae2e0cf6f..729686babbf3b7d2f76ce64a5ebf7676e45eb681 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ static void tun_napi_init(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 		netif_napi_add(tun->dev, &tfile->napi, tun_napi_poll,
 			       NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT);
 		napi_enable(&tfile->napi);
-		mutex_init(&tfile->napi_mutex);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3199,6 +3198,7 @@ static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	mutex_init(&tfile->napi_mutex);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tfile->tun, NULL);
 	tfile->flags = 0;
 	tfile->ifindex = 0;