diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index 5b0a043c47c8..d07323b3e9b8 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_aggregate_new(const unsigned char *packet_buff,
 	}
 	skb_reserve(forw_packet_aggr->skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
-	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&forw_packet_aggr->list);
-
 	skb_buff = skb_put(forw_packet_aggr->skb, packet_len);
 	forw_packet_aggr->packet_len = packet_len;
 	memcpy(skb_buff, packet_buff, packet_len);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/send.c b/net/batman-adv/send.c
index ed7072ad84e8..ce69f458a754 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/send.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/send.c
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ _batadv_add_bcast_packet_to_list(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				 struct batadv_forw_packet *forw_packet,
 				 unsigned long send_time)
 {
-	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&forw_packet->list);
-
 	/* add new packet to packet list */
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->forw_bcast_list_lock);
 	hlist_add_head(&forw_packet->list, &bat_priv->forw_bcast_list);