diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 44736f9e61d7..f105ce5c8e6e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2933,7 +2933,6 @@ void initialize_tty_struct(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	tty->session = NULL;
 	tty->pgrp = NULL;
 	tty->overrun_time = jiffies;
-	tty->buf.head = tty->buf.tail = NULL;
 	tty_buffer_init(tty);
 	mutex_init(&tty->termios_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&tty->ldisc_mutex);