diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d84d7c7515fc44415f11488f192e52ef3c9c9990..0c3974cd3ecd55670ccab51c596b0b141cbdd721 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1996,7 +1996,6 @@ static const char *path_init(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags)
 	nd->last_type = LAST_ROOT; /* if there are only slashes... */
 	nd->flags = flags | LOOKUP_JUMPED | LOOKUP_PARENT;
 	nd->depth = 0;
-	nd->total_link_count = 0;
 	if (flags & LOOKUP_ROOT) {
 		struct dentry *root = nd->root.dentry;
 		struct inode *inode = root->d_inode;