Index: sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -3595,7 +3595,7 @@
 	if (vp->v_pollinfo != NULL)
 		return;
 	vi = uma_zalloc(vnodepoll_zone, M_WAITOK);
-	mtx_init(&vi->vpi_lock, "vnode pollinfo", NULL, MTX_DEF);
+	mtx_init(&vi->vpi_lock, "vnode pollinfo", NULL, MTX_DEF|MTX_NEW);
 	knlist_init(&vi->vpi_selinfo.si_note, vp, vfs_knllock,
 	    vfs_knlunlock, vfs_knl_assert_locked, vfs_knl_assert_unlocked);
 	VI_LOCK(vp);