othercon->nodeid = nodeid;
                        othercon->rx_action = receive_from_sock;
                        mutex_init(&othercon->sock_mutex);
+                       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&othercon->writequeue);
+                       spin_lock_init(&othercon->writequeue_lock);
                        INIT_WORK(&othercon->swork, process_send_sockets);
                        INIT_WORK(&othercon->rwork, process_recv_sockets);
                        set_bit(CF_IS_OTHERCON, &othercon->flags);
                        othercon->nodeid = nodeid;
                        othercon->rx_action = receive_from_sock;
                        mutex_init(&othercon->sock_mutex);
+                       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&othercon->writequeue);
+                       spin_lock_init(&othercon->writequeue_lock);
                        INIT_WORK(&othercon->swork, process_send_sockets);
                        INIT_WORK(&othercon->rwork, process_recv_sockets);
                        set_bit(CF_IS_OTHERCON, &othercon->flags);