diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
index 69841db1f533..e112da8005b5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_auth_unregister);
 #define	DN_HASHMAX	(1<<DN_HASHBITS)
 
 static struct hlist_head	auth_domain_table[DN_HASHMAX];
-static spinlock_t	auth_domain_lock =
-	__SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(auth_domain_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(auth_domain_lock);
 
 void auth_domain_put(struct auth_domain *dom)
 {