diff --git a/crypto/geniv.c b/crypto/geniv.c
index c619a5ad2fc1..04befe3a7f44 100644
--- a/crypto/geniv.c
+++ b/crypto/geniv.c
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ int aead_init_geniv(struct crypto_aead *aead)
 	struct crypto_aead *child;
 	int err;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
-
 	err = crypto_stdrng_get_bytes(ctx->salt, crypto_aead_ivsize(aead));
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h b/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h
index 012f5fb22d43..e38d9f0487ec 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/geniv.h
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
 #define _CRYPTO_INTERNAL_GENIV_H
 
 #include <crypto/internal/aead.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 struct aead_geniv_ctx {
-	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct crypto_aead *child;
 	u8 salt[] __attribute__ ((aligned(__alignof__(u32))));
 };