diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 368bdc441ffb3c6d5cfe2a041def251b462c58a8..a42a4693f1619462c7f591fef79b1469aa099182 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ struct kfree_rcu_cpu_work {
  * @lock: Synchronize access to this structure
  * @monitor_work: Promote @head to @head_free after KFREE_DRAIN_JIFFIES
  * @monitor_todo: Tracks whether a @monitor_work delayed work is pending
- * @initialized: The @lock and @rcu_work fields have been initialized
+ * @initialized: The @rcu_work fields have been initialized
  * @count: Number of objects for which GP not started
  *
  * This is a per-CPU structure.  The reason that it is not included in
@@ -3022,7 +3022,9 @@ struct kfree_rcu_cpu {
 	int count;
 };
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kfree_rcu_cpu, krc);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kfree_rcu_cpu, krc) = {
+	.lock = __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(krc.lock),
+};
 
 static __always_inline void
 debug_rcu_bhead_unqueue(struct kfree_rcu_bulk_data *bhead)
@@ -3042,8 +3044,7 @@ krc_this_cpu_lock(unsigned long *flags)
 
 	local_irq_save(*flags);	// For safely calling this_cpu_ptr().
 	krcp = this_cpu_ptr(&krc);
-	if (likely(krcp->initialized))
-		raw_spin_lock(&krcp->lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&krcp->lock);
 
 	return krcp;
 }
@@ -3051,8 +3052,7 @@ krc_this_cpu_lock(unsigned long *flags)
 static inline void
 krc_this_cpu_unlock(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp, unsigned long flags)
 {
-	if (likely(krcp->initialized))
-		raw_spin_unlock(&krcp->lock);
+	raw_spin_unlock(&krcp->lock);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -4278,7 +4278,6 @@ static void __init kfree_rcu_batch_init(void)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp = per_cpu_ptr(&krc, cpu);
 
-		raw_spin_lock_init(&krcp->lock);
 		for (i = 0; i < KFREE_N_BATCHES; i++) {
 			INIT_RCU_WORK(&krcp->krw_arr[i].rcu_work, kfree_rcu_work);
 			krcp->krw_arr[i].krcp = krcp;