diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index bc0bbb1571cefe61af92f1d124c9dd385648c981..d288a4c3d0f217e810766da913fef9cc4d58d6a1 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -2693,7 +2693,8 @@ int __net_init xfrm_state_init(struct net *net)
 	net->xfrm.state_num = 0;
 	INIT_WORK(&net->xfrm.state_hash_work, xfrm_hash_resize);
 	spin_lock_init(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
-	seqcount_init(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_hash_generation);
+	seqcount_spinlock_init(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_hash_generation,
+			       &net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
 	return 0;
 
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