diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.c b/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.c
index fa2bfec0fca2e00ec16114894422f6f5c41a4ccf..918ffc4fc8ace2923f660d452d6f389a488c8b25 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.c
@@ -228,10 +228,8 @@ void hpsb_register_highlevel(struct hpsb_highlevel *hl)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	hpsb_init_highlevel(hl);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hl->addr_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hl->host_info_list);
-
-	rwlock_init(&hl->host_info_lock);
 
 	down_write(&hl_drivers_sem);
 	list_add_tail(&hl->hl_list, &hl_drivers);
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.h b/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.h
index eb9fe321e09a37507c6527df82c7abd352db0b2a..bc5d0854c17e940c9509009b098cbf9482f6a695 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.h
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define IEEE1394_HIGHLEVEL_H
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 struct module;
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ int highlevel_lock64(struct hpsb_host *host, int nodeid, octlet_t *store,
 void highlevel_fcp_request(struct hpsb_host *host, int nodeid, int direction,
 			   void *data, size_t length);
 
+/**
+ * hpsb_init_highlevel - initialize a struct hpsb_highlevel
+ *
+ * This is only necessary if hpsb_get_hostinfo_bykey can be called
+ * before hpsb_register_highlevel.
+ */
+static inline void hpsb_init_highlevel(struct hpsb_highlevel *hl)
+{
+	rwlock_init(&hl->host_info_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hl->host_info_list);
+}
 void hpsb_register_highlevel(struct hpsb_highlevel *hl);
 void hpsb_unregister_highlevel(struct hpsb_highlevel *hl);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/video1394.c b/drivers/ieee1394/video1394.c
index e24772d336e1ae6c726d8e0a05ae5ea25a9207e0..069b9f6bf16dae8396d871673c8618eb544967a7 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/video1394.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/video1394.c
@@ -1503,6 +1503,8 @@ static int __init video1394_init_module (void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	hpsb_init_highlevel(&video1394_highlevel);
+
 	cdev_init(&video1394_cdev, &video1394_fops);
 	video1394_cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	ret = cdev_add(&video1394_cdev, IEEE1394_VIDEO1394_DEV, 16);