diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 356e1be33f53..db20b1d505b7 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -2120,8 +2120,6 @@ static void ufshcd_init_clk_gating(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&hba->clk_gating.gate_work, ufshcd_gate_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&hba->clk_gating.ungate_work, ufshcd_ungate_work);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
-
 	hba->clk_gating.clk_gating_workq = alloc_ordered_workqueue(
 		"ufs_clk_gating_%d", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI,
 		hba->host->host_no);
@@ -10411,6 +10409,12 @@ int ufshcd_init(struct ufs_hba *hba, void __iomem *mmio_base, unsigned int irq)
 	hba->irq = irq;
 	hba->vps = &ufs_hba_vps;
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize clk_gating.lock early since it is being used in
+	 * ufshcd_setup_clocks()
+	 */
+	spin_lock_init(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
+
 	err = ufshcd_hba_init(hba);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_error;