diff --git a/drivers/base/attribute_container.c b/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
index 7370d7cf59888050d374d7a48a03185a06f0df7c..d4dfb97de3b006a20caaf705e33c0d78a80a82fe 100644
--- a/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
+++ b/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ attribute_container_classdev_to_container(struct class_device *classdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(attribute_container_classdev_to_container);
 
-static struct list_head attribute_container_list;
+static LIST_HEAD(attribute_container_list);
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(attribute_container_mutex);
 
@@ -429,10 +429,3 @@ attribute_container_find_class_device(struct attribute_container *cont,
 	return cdev;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(attribute_container_find_class_device);
-
-int __init
-attribute_container_init(void)
-{
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&attribute_container_list);
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 3b0f395552db3f5387ebecc972497b7a33e07937..a74ceda34e194175c23c9b1afb4381cc1dd7243d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ static inline int hypervisor_init(void) { return 0; }
 extern int platform_bus_init(void);
 extern int system_bus_init(void);
 extern int cpu_dev_init(void);
-extern int attribute_container_init(void);
 
 extern int bus_add_device(struct device * dev);
 extern void bus_attach_device(struct device * dev);
diff --git a/drivers/base/init.c b/drivers/base/init.c
index 37138154f9e824b353f322022ba8c41017ae3c3e..1da88a10cfec1633b7498ab8fead995d6090becf 100644
--- a/drivers/base/init.c
+++ b/drivers/base/init.c
@@ -36,5 +36,4 @@ void __init driver_init(void)
 	system_bus_init();
 	cpu_dev_init();
 	memory_dev_init();
-	attribute_container_init();
 }