diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
index dc27598785e5..ed38454228c6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
@@ -4066,7 +4066,6 @@ megasas_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	spin_lock_init(&instance->cmd_pool_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&instance->hba_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&instance->completion_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&poll_aen_lock);
 
 	mutex_init(&instance->aen_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&instance->reset_mutex);
@@ -5392,6 +5391,8 @@ static int __init megasas_init(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "megasas: %s %s\n", MEGASAS_VERSION,
 	       MEGASAS_EXT_VERSION);
 
+	spin_lock_init(&poll_aen_lock);
+
 	support_poll_for_event = 2;
 	support_device_change = 1;