diff --git a/kernel/time/jiffies.c b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
index eddcf49704445..a5cffe2a17703 100644
--- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies = {
 };
 
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(jiffies_lock);
-__cacheline_aligned_in_smp seqcount_t jiffies_seq;
+__cacheline_aligned_in_smp seqcount_raw_spinlock_t jiffies_seq =
+	SEQCNT_RAW_SPINLOCK_ZERO(jiffies_seq, &jiffies_lock);
 
 #if (BITS_PER_LONG < 64)
 u64 get_jiffies_64(void)
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.h b/kernel/time/timekeeping.h
index 099737f6f10c7..6c2cbd9ef999e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.h
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern void do_timer(unsigned long ticks);
 extern void update_wall_time(void);
 
 extern raw_spinlock_t jiffies_lock;
-extern seqcount_t jiffies_seq;
+extern seqcount_raw_spinlock_t jiffies_seq;
 
 #define CS_NAME_LEN	32