diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 06b17547f4e7..bd6be76303cf 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  */
 #define TASKSTATS_CPUMASK_MAXLEN	(100+6*NR_CPUS)
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(__u32, taskstats_seqnum) = { 0 };
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(__u32, taskstats_seqnum);
 static int family_registered;
 struct kmem_cache *taskstats_cache;