diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 726caf9a0a69ca90642804d419db4229c28ba9b3..b650f04888ed6dbc6abb07adcee5c58a8f27c374 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ typedef struct tvec_t_base_s tvec_base_t;
 
 tvec_base_t boot_tvec_bases;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_tvec_bases);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(tvec_base_t *, tvec_bases) = { &boot_tvec_bases };
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(tvec_base_t *, tvec_bases) = &boot_tvec_bases;
 
 static inline void set_running_timer(tvec_base_t *base,
 					struct timer_list *timer)