diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 6fb1fb3..694d70a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@
 {
 	struct ip6_tnl __rcu **tp = ip6_tnl_bucket(ip6n, &t->parms);
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(t->next , rtnl_dereference(*tp));
-	rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->next , rtnl_dereference(*tp));
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 	     (iter = rtnl_dereference(*tp)) != NULL;
 	     tp = &iter->next) {
 		if (t == iter) {
-			rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t->next);
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(*tp, t->next);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 	struct ip6_tnl_net *ip6n = net_generic(net, ip6_tnl_net_id);
 
 	if (dev == ip6n->fb_tnl_dev)
-		rcu_assign_pointer(ip6n->tnls_wc[0], NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(ip6n->tnls_wc[0], NULL);
 	else
 		ip6_tnl_unlink(ip6n, t);
 	ip6_tnl_dst_reset(t);
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@
 
 	t->parms.proto = IPPROTO_IPV6;
 	dev_hold(dev);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(ip6n->tnls_wc[0], t);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(ip6n->tnls_wc[0], t);
 	return 0;
 }