diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-ab8500-usb.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-ab8500-usb.c
index 087402350b6d3f66b46212881c52d8fcd8b9f296..11ab2c45e46220ac98a9dc829fd88cecde51aa70 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-ab8500-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-ab8500-usb.c
@@ -1415,8 +1415,6 @@ static int ab8500_usb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ab);
 
-	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&ab->phy.notifier);
-
 	/* all: Disable phy when called from set_host and set_peripheral */
 	INIT_WORK(&ab->phy_dis_work, ab8500_usb_phy_disable_work);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-generic.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-generic.c
index fce3a9e9bb5d282ff6b1a64492ad6a55c90e654f..cd19bbc6e3cd80f7b68df8fa704e450636e7be55 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-generic.c
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ int usb_phy_gen_create_phy(struct device *dev, struct usb_phy_gen_xceiv *nop,
 	nop->phy.otg->set_host		= nop_set_host;
 	nop->phy.otg->set_peripheral	= nop_set_peripheral;
 
-	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&nop->phy.notifier);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_phy_gen_create_phy);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-gpio-vbus-usb.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-gpio-vbus-usb.c
index 02799a5efcd448b8c38ee85de7cad8452ffbb617..69462e09d014e7dc15dd5f3f7ad20dd43a9f55bd 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-gpio-vbus-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-gpio-vbus-usb.c
@@ -314,8 +314,6 @@ static int gpio_vbus_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_irq;
 	}
 
-	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&gpio_vbus->phy.notifier);
-
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&gpio_vbus->work, gpio_vbus_work);
 
 	gpio_vbus->vbus_draw = regulator_get(&pdev->dev, "vbus_draw");
diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-mxs-usb.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-mxs-usb.c
index 797c45b9ddab1b82669d4480b9fd094ee2b568df..fa44c0f3e861c7c794394e4de3aa3e6e84c2f3f9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-mxs-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-mxs-usb.c
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ static int mxs_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mxs_phy->phy.notify_disconnect	= mxs_phy_on_disconnect;
 	mxs_phy->phy.type		= USB_PHY_TYPE_USB2;
 
-	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&mxs_phy->phy.notifier);
-
 	mxs_phy->clk = clk;
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, &mxs_phy->phy);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
index 1b74523e1fee5640bad21035b171ef9cf2c5289b..e6f61e4361df6bcd7f4f63b3124961c5b2be0bc0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ int usb_add_phy(struct usb_phy *x, enum usb_phy_type type)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&x->notifier);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&phy_lock, flags);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(phy, &phy_list, head) {
@@ -367,6 +369,8 @@ int usb_add_phy_dev(struct usb_phy *x)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&x->notifier);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&phy_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(phy_bind, &phy_bind_list, list)
 		if (!(strcmp(phy_bind->phy_dev_name, dev_name(x->dev))))