1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 52622517e0d8..f57d94627a2a 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
         }
 
         /* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */
-        rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
+        RCU_INIT_POINTER(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
 
         return 0;
 
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ void __netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
                 if (ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup)
                         ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup(np->dev);
 
-                rcu_assign_pointer(np->dev->npinfo, NULL);
+                RCU_INIT_POINTER(np->dev->npinfo, NULL);
 
                 /* avoid racing with NAPI reading npinfo */
                 synchronize_rcu_bh();