diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index 7751c92c8c57fc24b0c18e4d20a095bfa02e9ff0..648d79ccf46244a5769c1703361cf35db4cfeb09 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static void br_multicast_query_expired(struct net_bridge *br,
 	if (query->startup_sent < br->multicast_startup_query_count)
 		query->startup_sent++;
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(querier, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(querier, NULL);
 	br_multicast_send_query(br, NULL, query);
 	spin_unlock(&br->multicast_lock);
 }