diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c b/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
index eef78a068fd136d1855c72d53bd339e7c509a89b..aa5ac6efd9b94c2937bb8bcdd4d0797e43f66c1a 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,7 @@ static int mspro_block_read_attributes(struct memstick_dev *card)
 			snprintf(s_attr->name, sizeof(s_attr->name),
 				 "attr_x%02x", attr->entries[cnt].id);
 
+		sysfs_attr_init(&s_attr->dev_attr.attr);
 		s_attr->dev_attr.attr.name = s_attr->name;
 		s_attr->dev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 		s_attr->dev_attr.show = mspro_block_attr_show(s_attr->id);