diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 0f3eb70f9ce..b1472bc2d49 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3788,7 +3788,6 @@ static void *cfq_init_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	 * second, in order to have larger depth for async operations.
 	 */
 	cfqd->last_delayed_sync = jiffies - HZ;
-	INIT_RCU_HEAD(&cfqd->rcu);
 	return cfqd;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 154b5f80b3a..59a2db6fece 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ int disk_expand_part_tbl(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
 	if (!new_ptbl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	INIT_RCU_HEAD(&new_ptbl->rcu_head);
 	new_ptbl->len = target;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)