diff --git a/src/sys/include/ubixos/spinlock.h b/src/sys/include/ubixos/spinlock.h
index 83e9861..a934564 100755
--- a/src/sys/include/ubixos/spinlock.h
+++ b/src/sys/include/ubixos/spinlock.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 }
 
 spinlock_t * spinlockCreate();
+void spinlockInit(spinlock_t &);
 void spinlockDelete(spinlock_t *);
 
 int spinlockLock(spinlock_t *, int);
diff --git a/src/sys/kernel/spinlock.c b/src/sys/kernel/spinlock.c
index 5230928..1ae13b8 100755
--- a/src/sys/kernel/spinlock.c
+++ b/src/sys/kernel/spinlock.c
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 	return lock;
 }
 
+void spinlockInit(spinlock_t & lock)
+{
+	memset(lock, '\0', sizeof(spinlock_t));
+}
+
 void spinlockDelete(spinlock_t * lock)
 {
 	int i;