diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
index 456ea7c..9ce2253 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
@@ -6557,6 +6557,7 @@
 	ioc->tm_sas_control_cb_idx = tm_sas_control_cb_idx;
 	ioc->logging_level = logging_level;
 	/* misc semaphores and spin locks */
+	mutex_init(&ioc->reset_in_progress_mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&ioc->scsi_lookup_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&ioc->sas_device_lock);