diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index abec69b63d7e..b1ed1cd8e2a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ extern struct fs_struct init_fs;
 }
 
 extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
-#define INIT_NSPROXY(nsproxy) {						\
-	.pid_ns		= &init_pid_ns,					\
-	.count		= ATOMIC_INIT(1),				\
-	.uts_ns		= &init_uts_ns,					\
-	.mnt_ns		= NULL,						\
-	INIT_NET_NS(net_ns)                                             \
-	INIT_IPC_NS(ipc_ns)						\
-}
 
 #define INIT_SIGHAND(sighand) {						\
 	.count		= ATOMIC_INIT(1), 				\
diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index 07baa38bce37..51952989ad42 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ extern struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns;
 extern atomic_t nr_ipc_ns;
 
 extern spinlock_t mq_lock;
-#if defined(CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE) || defined(CONFIG_SYSVIPC)
-#define INIT_IPC_NS(ns)		.ns		= &init_ipc_ns,
-#else
-#define INIT_IPC_NS(ns)
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
 extern int register_ipcns_notifier(struct ipc_namespace *);
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 82b7be4db89a..bd10a7908993 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -100,14 +100,9 @@ struct net {
 extern struct net init_net;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
-#define INIT_NET_NS(net_ns) .net_ns = &init_net,
-
 extern struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags, struct net *net_ns);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_NET */
-
-#define INIT_NET_NS(net_ns)
-
 static inline struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags, struct net *net_ns)
 {
 	/* There is nothing to copy so this is a noop */
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index 09b4ff9711b2..2ab67233ee8f 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -24,7 +24,18 @@
 
 static struct kmem_cache *nsproxy_cachep;
 
-struct nsproxy init_nsproxy = INIT_NSPROXY(init_nsproxy);
+struct nsproxy init_nsproxy = {
+	.count	= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
+	.uts_ns	= &init_uts_ns,
+#if defined(CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE) || defined(CONFIG_SYSVIPC)
+	.ipc_ns	= &init_ipc_ns,
+#endif
+	.mnt_ns	= NULL,
+	.pid_ns	= &init_pid_ns,
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+	.net_ns	= &init_net,
+#endif
+};
 
 static inline struct nsproxy *create_nsproxy(void)
 {