diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index e33dc8e9e87d..f19061b585a4 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -925,7 +925,6 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 						  VIRTIO_BALLOON_CMD_ID_STOP);
 		vb->cmd_id_stop = cpu_to_virtio32(vb->vdev,
 						  VIRTIO_BALLOON_CMD_ID_STOP);
-		vb->num_free_page_blocks = 0;
 		spin_lock_init(&vb->free_page_list_lock);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vb->free_page_list);
 		if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON)) {