diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 6ce888b04dc887c09a7fb565d769e18bc07f53df..a75902b28bf92ef3e4fe4a86cc210bb8b6ac8d4a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2183,6 +2183,7 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 	tcp_ses->session_estab = false;
 	tcp_ses->sequence_number = 0;
 	tcp_ses->lstrp = jiffies;
+	spin_lock_init(&tcp_ses->req_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tcp_ses->tcp_ses_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tcp_ses->smb_ses_list);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tcp_ses->echo, cifs_echo_request);