diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-funnel.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-funnel.c
index b605889b507a..900690a9f7f0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-funnel.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-funnel.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static int funnel_probe(struct device *dev, struct resource *res)
 	}
 	dev->platform_data = pdata;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&drvdata->spinlock);
 	desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK;
 	desc.subtype.link_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_MERG;
 	desc.ops = &funnel_cs_ops;