diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c
index e6c948b31474..406d2f10741f 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int alt_hps2fpga_enable_show(struct fpga_bridge *bridge)
 
 /* The L3 REMAP register is write only, so keep a cached value. */
 static unsigned int l3_remap_shadow;
-static spinlock_t l3_remap_lock;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(l3_remap_lock);
 
 static int _alt_hps2fpga_enable_set(struct altera_hps2fpga_data *priv,
 				    bool enable)
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ static int alt_fpga_bridge_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_init(&l3_remap_lock);
-
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "bridge-enable", &enable)) {
 		if (enable > 1) {
 			dev_warn(dev, "invalid bridge-enable %u > 1\n", enable);