diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 6a216e4762c7..cad37d57cc47 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -9097,7 +9097,7 @@ static void __exit vmx_exit(void)
 	free_page((unsigned long)vmx_vmread_bitmap);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
-	rcu_assign_pointer(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss, NULL);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 #endif