diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
index cc8e64dc65ad..e5bd035ebad0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
@@ -2472,6 +2472,7 @@ static int __qedi_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, int mode)
 		/* start qedi context */
 		spin_lock_init(&qedi->hba_lock);
 		spin_lock_init(&qedi->task_idx_lock);
+		mutex_init(&qedi->stats_lock);
 	}
 	qedi_ops->ll2->register_cb_ops(qedi->cdev, &qedi_ll2_cb_ops, qedi);
 	qedi_ops->ll2->start(qedi->cdev, &params);