diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
index 0da5865df5b1..8e94584b0d26 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ struct regmap_async {
 struct regmap {
 	union {
 		struct mutex mutex;
-		spinlock_t spinlock;
+		struct {
+			spinlock_t spinlock;
+			unsigned long spinlock_flags;
+		};
 	};
-	unsigned long spinlock_flags;
 	regmap_lock lock;
 	regmap_unlock unlock;
 	void *lock_arg; /* This is passed to lock/unlock functions */