diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index 8249ca764c79c5f2ddab51006ad445752b3ac137..5d5b101be102a0928f2790983fe9e5723fb60acd 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ static int __vlan_del(struct net_port_vlans *v, u16 vid)
 	v->num_vlans--;
 	if (bitmap_empty(v->vlan_bitmap, VLAN_N_VID)) {
 		if (v->port_idx)
-			rcu_assign_pointer(v->parent.port->vlan_info, NULL);
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(v->parent.port->vlan_info, NULL);
 		else
-			rcu_assign_pointer(v->parent.br->vlan_info, NULL);
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(v->parent.br->vlan_info, NULL);
 		kfree_rcu(v, rcu);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ static void __vlan_flush(struct net_port_vlans *v)
 	v->pvid = 0;
 	bitmap_zero(v->vlan_bitmap, VLAN_N_VID);
 	if (v->port_idx)
-		rcu_assign_pointer(v->parent.port->vlan_info, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(v->parent.port->vlan_info, NULL);
 	else
-		rcu_assign_pointer(v->parent.br->vlan_info, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(v->parent.br->vlan_info, NULL);
 	kfree_rcu(v, rcu);
 }