static struct clk *sdti_fck, *sdti_ick;
 void __iomem *sti_base, *sti_channel_base;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sdti_lock);
+static int sdti_initialized;
 
 void sti_channel_write_trace(int len, int id, void *data,
                                unsigned int channel)
 {
        const u8 *tpntr = data;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&sdti_lock);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&sdti_lock, flags);
+
+       if (unlikely(!sdti_initialized))
+               goto skip;
 
        sti_channel_writeb(id, channel);
        while (len--)
                sti_channel_writeb(*tpntr++, channel);
        sti_channel_flush(channel);
-
-       spin_unlock_irq(&sdti_lock);
+ skip:
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdti_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sti_channel_write_trace);
 
        /* Enable SDTI */
        sti_writel((1 << 31) | (i & 0x3FFFFFFF), SDTI_WINCTRL);
 
+       spin_lock_irq(&sdti_lock);
+       sdti_initialized = 1;
+       spin_unlock_irq(&sdti_lock);
+
        i = sti_readl(SDTI_REVISION);
        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "OMAP SDTI support loaded (HW v%u.%u)\n",
                (i >> 4) & 0x0f, i & 0x0f);