diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index b38e58d02299b40571c6350f3b040907f6853f14..b0aa59e51fd066377d29f92da999dff54b1a1620 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -1787,10 +1787,6 @@ init_xfs_fs(void)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_cleanup_procfs;
 
-	error = xfs_init_workqueues();
-	if (error)
-		goto out_sysctl_unregister;
-
 	vfs_initquota();
 
 	error = register_filesystem(&xfs_fs_type);