diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 010d6c14129ae320ab9655a573d49af33e034659..931e38c6f0953995a929629c9cac498bbcd1fd65 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3141,8 +3141,6 @@ int memcg_update_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s, int num_groups)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
-		INIT_WORK(&s->memcg_params->destroy,
-				kmem_cache_destroy_work_func);
 		s->memcg_params->is_root_cache = true;
 
 		/*