diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 8f20e3404fd2a711b3b6df63889971f78a157cdc..0adbc02d60e37b11942ef59dbda74b26f05a5f4c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		pde_put(de);
 	head = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl;
 	if (head) {
-		rcu_assign_pointer(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl, NULL);
 		sysctl_head_put(head);
 	}
 	/* Release any associated namespace */