diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
index aa8b5fa1a8de..45d7543b69cc 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ salinfo_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(salinfo_log_name); i++) {
 		data = salinfo_data + i;
 		data->type = i;
-		init_MUTEX(&data->mutex);
+		sema_init(&data->mutex, 1);
 		dir = proc_mkdir(salinfo_log_name[i], salinfo_dir);
 		if (!dir)
 			continue;