diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 5690de223c11..61b2363f9324 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -2125,6 +2125,9 @@ static int nand_allocate_kmem(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip)
 					   GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!chip->controller)
 			goto outerr;
+
+		spin_lock_init(&chip->controller->lock);
+		init_waitqueue_head(&chip->controller->wq);
 		chip->options |= NAND_CONTROLLER_ALLOC;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -2451,10 +2454,8 @@ int nand_scan(struct mtd_info *mtd, int maxchips)
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	/* Initialize state, waitqueue and spinlock */
+	/* Initialize state */
 	chip->state = FL_READY;
-	init_waitqueue_head(&chip->controller->wq);
-	spin_lock_init(&chip->controller->lock);
 
 	/* De-select the device */
 	chip->select_chip(mtd, -1);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
index 481541a683ca..4d70dd16cf5d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
@@ -293,8 +293,12 @@ static struct platform_driver ndfc_nand_driver = {
 
 static int __init ndfc_nand_init(void)
 {
-	int ret = platform_driver_register(&ndfc_nand_driver);
+	int ret;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&ndfc_ctrl.ndfc_control.lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&ndfc_ctrl.ndfc_control.wq);
+
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&ndfc_nand_driver);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = platform_driver_register(&ndfc_chip_driver);
 	return ret;