diff --git a/module/spl/spl-atomic.c b/module/spl/spl-atomic.c
index f2dd673843..e37b969073 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-atomic.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-atomic.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 #ifdef ATOMIC_SPINLOCK
 /* Global atomic lock declarations */
-spinlock_t atomic32_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
-spinlock_t atomic64_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(atomic32_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(atomic64_lock);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic32_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_lock);
diff --git a/module/spl/spl-module.c b/module/spl/spl-module.c
index 2c665b5d40..7a626ca713 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-module.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-module.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 #define SS_DEBUG_SUBSYS SS_MODULE
 
-static spinlock_t dev_info_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dev_info_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(dev_info_list);
 
 static struct dev_info *
diff --git a/module/spl/spl-vnode.c b/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
index 32ae4865d8..1af9b29980 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rootdir);
 static spl_kmem_cache_t *vn_cache;
 static spl_kmem_cache_t *vn_file_cache;
 
-static spinlock_t vn_file_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vn_file_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(vn_file_list);
 
 vtype_t