diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index ade6ec3873cf45161790a66f126d85bfc2a8a2a2..e083e086b7ca8b25fe0ab733b3a4e6b92cb68b4a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void afs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	mutex_lock(&vnode->permits_lock);
 	permits = vnode->permits;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(vnode->permits, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(vnode->permits, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&vnode->permits_lock);
 	if (permits)
 		call_rcu(&permits->rcu, afs_zap_permits);