diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c
index ce2c987d71..3860885292 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ zio_crypt_key_init(uint64_t crypt, zio_crypt_key_t *key)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
 	memset(key, 0, sizeof (zio_crypt_key_t));
+	rw_init(&key->zk_salt_lock, NULL, RW_DEFAULT, NULL);
 
 	/* fill keydata buffers and salt with random data */
 	ret = random_get_bytes((uint8_t *)&key->zk_guid, sizeof (uint64_t));
@@ -302,7 +303,6 @@ zio_crypt_key_init(uint64_t crypt, zio_crypt_key_t *key)
 	key->zk_crypt = crypt;
 	key->zk_version = ZIO_CRYPT_KEY_CURRENT_VERSION;
 	key->zk_salt_count = 0;
-	rw_init(&key->zk_salt_lock, NULL, RW_DEFAULT, NULL);
 
 	return (0);