diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 95629c939698..a1eb57390cac 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9d7fa40098253a6768cfc3ffbbd5988ba852d364
+refs/heads/master: effc8b704b48c3c727715abf49592a57547b6818
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/stallion.c b/trunk/drivers/char/stallion.c
index bf361a5ba70d..00b4a2187164 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/stallion.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/stallion.c
@@ -3029,6 +3029,9 @@ static int __init stl_init(void)
 	int i;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: version %s\n", stl_drvtitle, stl_drvversion);
 
+	spin_lock_init(&stallion_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&brd_lock);
+
 	stl_initbrds();
 
 	stl_serial = alloc_tty_driver(STL_MAXBRDS * STL_MAXPORTS);