diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index ec9048e74f44..209448e1d2b9 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int __percpu_counter_init(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount,
 	if (!fbc->counters)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fbc->list);
 	mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
 	list_add(&fbc->list, &percpu_counters);
 	mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);