diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_labels.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_labels.c
index 74b8113f7aeb..d1c6b2a2e7bd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_labels.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_labels.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_labels.h>
 
-static spinlock_t nf_connlabels_lock;
+static __read_mostly DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nf_connlabels_lock);
 
 static int replace_u32(u32 *address, u32 mask, u32 new)
 {
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ int nf_conntrack_labels_init(void)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(NF_CT_LABELS_MAX_SIZE / sizeof(long) >= U8_MAX);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&nf_connlabels_lock);
 	return nf_ct_extend_register(&labels_extend);
 }