diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index b3d34d3e0e7e..9b8b014d13af 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -783,7 +783,9 @@ typedef int (*trace_func_graph_ent_t)(struct ftrace_graph_ent *); /* entry */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 
 /* for init task */
-#define INIT_FTRACE_GRAPH		.ret_stack = NULL,
+#define INIT_FTRACE_GRAPH				\
+	.ret_stack		= NULL,			\
+	.tracing_graph_pause	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),
 
 /*
  * Stack of return addresses for functions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 16ca877745f6..ce49b62b0834 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5803,7 +5803,6 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(struct ftrace_ret_stack **ret_stack_list)
 		}
 
 		if (t->ret_stack == NULL) {
-			atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
 			atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
 			t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
 			/* Make sure the tasks see the -1 first: */
@@ -6015,7 +6014,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ftrace_ret_stack *, idle_ret_stack);
 static void
 graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t, struct ftrace_ret_stack *ret_stack)
 {
-	atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
 	atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
 	t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;
 	/* make curr_ret_stack visible before we add the ret_stack */