diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 6ce888b..a75902b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2183,6 +2183,7 @@
 	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);