3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
index a1a9fee2d77..35f1f2a3451 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ void
 tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
 {
   vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
-  vlib_thread_main_t *thm = vlib_get_thread_main ();
   virtio_main_t *vim = &virtio_main;
   tap_main_t *tm = &tap_main;
   vnet_sw_interface_t *sw;
@@ -448,8 +447,6 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
 			  vif->sw_if_index, vif->tap_fd);
   vif->tap_file_index = clib_file_add (&file_main, &t);
 
-  if (thm->n_vlib_mains > 1)
-    clib_spinlock_init (&vif->lockp);
   goto done;
 
 error:
@@ -526,7 +523,6 @@ tap_delete_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 sw_if_index)
   vec_free (vif->txq_vrings);
 
   tm->tap_ids = clib_bitmap_set (tm->tap_ids, vif->id, 0);
-  clib_spinlock_free (&vif->lockp);
   clib_memset (vif, 0, sizeof (*vif));
   pool_put (mm->interfaces, vif);
 
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
index 90acb75fa6d..a3fd05dbb55 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ virtio_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 idx, u16 sz)
 
   if (idx % 2)
     {
+      vlib_thread_main_t *thm = vlib_get_thread_main ();
       vec_validate_aligned (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx),
 			    CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
       vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx));
+      if (thm->n_vlib_mains > 1)
+	clib_spinlock_init (&vring->lockp);
     }
   else
     {
@@ -230,6 +233,7 @@ virtio_vring_free_tx (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u32 idx)
   if (vring->avail)
     clib_mem_free (vring->avail);
   vec_free (vring->buffers);
+  clib_spinlock_free (&vring->lockp);
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
index 57bb8d6c167..55b6271b337 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ typedef struct
 {
   CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK (cacheline0);
   u32 flags;
-  clib_spinlock_t lockp;
 
   u32 dev_instance;
   u32 hw_if_index;