diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 1570c0b5433649e4bafeb6601bfa77aeee8d6a44..19c9cc7ed94b610e5b2022b0f60f3ecfe37971f6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct rw_semaphore {
 };
 
 #define __RWSEM_INITIALIZER(name) \
-	{ RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE, SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED, \
+	{ RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE, __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED((name).wait_lock),	\
 	LIST_HEAD_INIT((name).wait_list) }
 
 #define DECLARE_RWSEM(name) \