diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index ebc2f38eb381a3760fb8bd8014c5a23a38164980..2c7e801ab20b617cc3934e9ad355af8b8734a0ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ static void pte_free_rcu_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 
 static void pte_free_submit(struct pte_freelist_batch *batch)
 {
-	INIT_RCU_HEAD(&batch->rcu);
 	call_rcu(&batch->rcu, pte_free_rcu_callback);
 }