diff --git a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
index 4b4439e75f45f8e915f0ffb6b855be5f1113a04f..df89c9bcba7db8dbde3bbf2b99f9af6ed562b112 100644
--- a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
+++ b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ struct u64_stats_sync {
 };
 
 
+static inline void u64_stats_init(struct u64_stats_sync *syncp)
+{
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-# define u64_stats_init(syncp)	seqcount_init(syncp.seq)
-#else
-# define u64_stats_init(syncp)	do { } while (0)
+	seqcount_init(&syncp->seq);
 #endif
+}
 
 static inline void u64_stats_update_begin(struct u64_stats_sync *syncp)
 {