diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index 52ca9649d769..372f9b70f7f4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -1332,23 +1332,6 @@ int acpi_resources_are_enforced(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_resources_are_enforced);
 
-/*
- * Create and initialize a spinlock.
- */
-acpi_status
-acpi_os_create_lock(acpi_spinlock *out_handle)
-{
-	spinlock_t *lock;
-
-	lock = ACPI_ALLOCATE(sizeof(spinlock_t));
-	if (!lock)
-		return AE_NO_MEMORY;
-	spin_lock_init(lock);
-	*out_handle = lock;
-
-	return AE_OK;
-}
-
 /*
  * Deallocate the memory for a spinlock.
  */
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h b/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
index a756bc8d866d..4543b6f75867 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ acpi_os_table_override(struct acpi_table_header *existing_table,
 /*
  * Spinlock primitives
  */
+
+#ifndef acpi_os_create_lock
 acpi_status
 acpi_os_create_lock(acpi_spinlock *out_handle);
+#endif
 
 void acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_spinlock handle);
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index 5d2a5e9544d9..2ce1be9f6291 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -159,6 +159,24 @@ static inline void *acpi_os_acquire_object(acpi_cache_t * cache)
 	} while (0)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * When lockdep is enabled, the spin_lock_init() macro stringifies it's
+ * argument and uses that as a name for the lock in debugging.
+ * By executing spin_lock_init() in a macro the key changes from "lock" for
+ * all locks to the name of the argument of acpi_os_create_lock(), which
+ * prevents lockdep from reporting false positives for ACPICA locks.
+ */
+#define acpi_os_create_lock(__handle)				\
+({								\
+	spinlock_t *lock = ACPI_ALLOCATE(sizeof(*lock));	\
+								\
+	if (lock) {						\
+		*(__handle) = lock;				\
+		spin_lock_init(*(__handle));			\
+	}							\
+	lock ? AE_OK : AE_NO_MEMORY;				\
+})
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* __ACLINUX_H__ */