diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c
index 589f03618ecf..fc7cc92b35f0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c
@@ -714,6 +714,10 @@ static int adi_axi_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!st)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &st->lock);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(base))
 		return PTR_ERR(base);