diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 282a9a2..cd641c8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 static void	xprt_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task);
 static int      __xprt_get_cong(struct rpc_xprt *, struct rpc_task *);
 
-static spinlock_t xprt_list_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xprt_list_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(xprt_list);
 
 /*