diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 88d921c..f2d8638 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, rcu_bh_data);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_dynticks, rcu_dynticks);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_dynticks, rcu_dynticks) = {
+	.dynticks_nesting = 1,
+	.dynticks = 1,
+};
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 
 static int blimit = 10;		/* Maximum callbacks per softirq. */
@@ -1380,13 +1383,6 @@
 
 static void __cpuinit rcu_online_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
-	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu);
-
-	rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 1;
-	rdtp->dynticks |= 1; 	/* need consecutive #s even for hotplug. */
-	rdtp->dynticks_nmi = (rdtp->dynticks_nmi + 1) & ~0x1;
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 	rcu_init_percpu_data(cpu, &rcu_state);
 	rcu_init_percpu_data(cpu, &rcu_bh_state);
 	open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks);