diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index cfff7225138c2b7336faf4632111d4bac007297c..99890831d55714a14e32ec6ab8876b93a0a2fa74 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
 	sync_supers_tsk = kthread_run(bdi_sync_supers, NULL, "sync_supers");
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(sync_supers_tsk));
 
-	init_timer(&sync_supers_timer);
 	setup_timer(&sync_supers_timer, sync_supers_timer_fn, 0);
 	bdi_arm_supers_timer();