diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
index 3766b0f55828..39ad4442cb81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
@@ -2379,6 +2379,7 @@ struct m_can_classdev *m_can_class_allocate_dev(struct device *dev,
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(net_dev, dev);
 
 	m_can_of_parse_mram(class_dev, mram_config_vals);
+	spin_lock_init(&class_dev->tx_handling_spinlock);
 out:
 	return class_dev;
 }