diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 1b5fb6103dede4..d3f9c2d87b0dd7 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ static int tipc_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
 	}
 
 	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
-	init_waitqueue_head(sk->sk_sleep);
 	sk->sk_rcvtimeo = 8 * HZ;   /* default connect timeout = 8s */
 
 	tsock = tipc_sk(sk);