diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
index 2f75cfc5a23a..e919140d8965 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ static int otx2_tc_add_flow(struct otx2_nic *nic,
 	new_node = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_node), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_node)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	spin_lock_init(&new_node->lock);
 	new_node->cookie = tc_flow_cmd->cookie;
 
 	mutex_lock(&nic->mbox.lock);