diff --git a/lib/atomic64.c b/lib/atomic64.c
index 9785378..08a4f06 100644
--- a/lib/atomic64.c
+++ b/lib/atomic64.c
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@
 static union {
 	raw_spinlock_t lock;
 	char pad[L1_CACHE_BYTES];
-} atomic64_lock[NR_LOCKS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+} atomic64_lock[NR_LOCKS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = {
+	[0 ... (NR_LOCKS - 1)] = {
+		.lock =  __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(atomic64_lock.lock),
+	},
+};
 
 static inline raw_spinlock_t *lock_addr(const atomic64_t *v)
 {
@@ -173,14 +177,3 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_add_unless);
-
-static int init_atomic64_lock(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_LOCKS; ++i)
-		raw_spin_lock_init(&atomic64_lock[i].lock);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-pure_initcall(init_atomic64_lock);