diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/bfin_capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/bfin_capture.c
index 8f6698668ecf..c6d8b95b91ff 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/bfin_capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/bfin_capture.c
@@ -302,14 +302,6 @@ static int bcap_queue_setup(struct vb2_queue *vq,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int bcap_buffer_init(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
-{
-	struct bcap_buffer *buf = to_bcap_vb(vb);
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->list);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int bcap_buffer_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 {
 	struct bcap_device *bcap_dev = vb2_get_drv_priv(vb->vb2_queue);
@@ -441,7 +433,6 @@ static void bcap_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
 
 static struct vb2_ops bcap_video_qops = {
 	.queue_setup            = bcap_queue_setup,
-	.buf_init               = bcap_buffer_init,
 	.buf_prepare            = bcap_buffer_prepare,
 	.buf_cleanup            = bcap_buffer_cleanup,
 	.buf_queue              = bcap_buffer_queue,