diff --git a/zebra/zebra_dplane.c b/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
index b57c930154dc..f6c3d8d355f2 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
@@ -7698,7 +7698,9 @@ static void zebra_dplane_init_internal(void)
 
 	dplane_prov_list_init(&zdplane_info.dg_providers);
 
-	dplane_ctx_list_init(&zdplane_info.dg_update_list);
+	frr_with_mutex(&zdplane_info.dg_mutex)
+		dplane_ctx_list_init(&zdplane_info.dg_update_list);
+
 	zns_info_list_init(&zdplane_info.dg_zns_list);
 
 	zdplane_info.dg_updates_per_cycle = DPLANE_DEFAULT_NEW_WORK;