--- drivers/net/au1000_eth.c.orig	2008-06-26 14:21:53.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/net/au1000_eth.c	2008-06-26 14:23:00.000000000 +0200
# The following spinlock needs to be initialized earlier, as it is already used
# in enable_mac(), called via mii_probe()
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@
 		dev->name, base, irq);
 
 	aup = dev->priv;
+	spin_lock_init(&aup->lock);
 
 	/* Allocate the data buffers */
 	/* Snooping works fine with eth on all au1xxx */
@@ -766,7 +767,6 @@
 		aup->tx_db_inuse[i] = pDB;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_init(&aup->lock);
 	dev->base_addr = base;
 	dev->irq = irq;
 	dev->open = au1000_open;