diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index e94ca1c3fc7c6a83a190a29d4116086dcc9de8ca..f04a423ff79dd977c081300822a767173fd3c57e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
@@ -2597,7 +2597,6 @@ int mlx4_cmd_use_events(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	priv->cmd.free_head = 0;
 
 	sema_init(&priv->cmd.event_sem, priv->cmd.max_cmds);
-	spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd.context_lock);
 
 	for (priv->cmd.token_mask = 1;
 	     priv->cmd.token_mask < priv->cmd.max_cmds;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 12c77a70abdb451c475680c05bb2b7cf86436cdf..372ebfa880f50eb6c23414b0b45b9326a8e43c11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -3222,6 +3222,7 @@ static int mlx4_load_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int pci_dev_data,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->pgdir_list);
 	mutex_init(&priv->pgdir_mutex);
+	spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd.context_lock);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->bf_list);
 	mutex_init(&priv->bf_mutex);