diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_lock.c b/sys/kern/kern_lock.c
index d765fb66444f..b0887474af68 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_lock.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_lock.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
  * share a fixed (at boot time) number of mutexes across all lockmgr locks in
  * order to keep sizeof(struct lock) down.
  */
-int lock_mtx_valid;
 static struct mtx lock_mtx;
 
 static int acquire(struct lock **lkpp, int extflags, int wanted);
@@ -84,18 +83,9 @@ static int acquiredrain(struct lock *lkp, int extflags) ;
 static void
 lockmgr_init(void *dummy __unused)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Initialize the lockmgr protection mutex if it hasn't already been
-	 * done.  Unless something changes about kernel startup order, VM
-	 * initialization will always cause this mutex to already be
-	 * initialized in a call to lockinit().
-	 */
-	if (lock_mtx_valid == 0) {
-		mtx_init(&lock_mtx, "lockmgr", NULL, MTX_DEF);
-		lock_mtx_valid = 1;
-	}
+	mtx_init(&lock_mtx, "lockmgr", NULL, MTX_DEF);
 }
-SYSINIT(lmgrinit, SI_SUB_LOCK, SI_ORDER_FIRST, lockmgr_init, NULL)
+SYSINIT(lmgrinit, SI_SUB_LOCKMGR, SI_ORDER_FIRST, lockmgr_init, NULL)
 
 static LOCK_INLINE void
 sharelock(struct lock *lkp, int incr) {
@@ -539,21 +529,7 @@ lockinit(lkp, prio, wmesg, timo, flags)
 	CTR5(KTR_LOCK, "lockinit(): lkp == %p, prio == %d, wmesg == \"%s\", "
 	    "timo == %d, flags = 0x%x\n", lkp, prio, wmesg, timo, flags);
 
-	if (lock_mtx_valid == 0) {
-		mtx_init(&lock_mtx, "lockmgr", NULL, MTX_DEF);
-		lock_mtx_valid = 1;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * XXX cleanup - make sure mtxpool is always initialized before
-	 * this is ever called.
-	 */
-	if (mtxpool_lockbuilder != NULL) {
-		mtx_lock(&lock_mtx);
-		lkp->lk_interlock = mtx_pool_alloc(mtxpool_lockbuilder);
-		mtx_unlock(&lock_mtx);
-	} else {
-		lkp->lk_interlock = &lock_mtx;
-	}
+	lkp->lk_interlock = mtx_pool_alloc(mtxpool_lockbuilder);
 	lkp->lk_flags = (flags & LK_EXTFLG_MASK);
 	lkp->lk_sharecount = 0;
 	lkp->lk_waitcount = 0;
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_mtxpool.c b/sys/kern/kern_mtxpool.c
index 93ce655c1978..468cdb14822c 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_mtxpool.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_mtxpool.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ mtx_pool_alloc(struct mtx_pool *pool)
  * The lockbuilder pool must be initialized early because the lockmgr
  * and sx locks depend on it.  The sx locks are used in the kernel
  * memory allocator.  The lockmgr subsystem is initialized by
- * SYSINIT(..., SI_SUB_LOCK, ...).
+ * SYSINIT(..., SI_SUB_LOCKMGR, ...).
  *
  * We can't call MALLOC() to dynamically allocate the sleep pool
  * until after kmeminit() has been called, which is done by
diff --git a/sys/sys/kernel.h b/sys/sys/kernel.h
index 442b77729a05..f8a54239fd83 100644
--- a/sys/sys/kernel.h
+++ b/sys/sys/kernel.h
@@ -113,12 +113,13 @@ enum sysinit_sub_id {
 	SI_SUB_CONSOLE		= 0x0800000,	/* console*/
 	SI_SUB_COPYRIGHT	= 0x0800001,	/* first use of console*/
 	SI_SUB_MTX_POOL_STATIC	= 0x0900000,	/* static mutex pool */
+	SI_SUB_LOCKMGR		= 0x0980000,	/* lockmgr locks */
 	SI_SUB_VM		= 0x1000000,	/* virtual memory system init*/
 	SI_SUB_KMEM		= 0x1800000,	/* kernel memory*/
 	SI_SUB_KVM_RSRC		= 0x1A00000,	/* kvm operational limits*/
 	SI_SUB_WITNESS		= 0x1A80000,	/* witness initialization */
 	SI_SUB_MTX_POOL_DYNAMIC	= 0x1AC0000,	/* dynamic mutex pool */
-	SI_SUB_LOCK		= 0x1B00000,	/* lockmgr locks */
+	SI_SUB_LOCK		= 0x1B00000,	/* various locks */
 	SI_SUB_EVENTHANDLER	= 0x1C00000,	/* eventhandler init */
 	SI_SUB_KLD		= 0x2000000,	/* KLD and module setup */
 	SI_SUB_CPU		= 0x2100000,	/* CPU resource(s)*/