diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 6d255e535d03..6b97e2466fad 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ static int msg_insert(struct msg_msg *msg, struct mqueue_inode_info *info)
 		leaf = kmalloc(sizeof(*leaf), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!leaf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		rb_init_node(&leaf->rb_node);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&leaf->msg_list);
 		info->qsize += sizeof(*leaf);
 	}
@@ -1013,7 +1012,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedsend, mqd_t, mqdes, const char __user *, u_msg_ptr,
 
 	if (!info->node_cache && new_leaf) {
 		/* Save our speculative allocation into the cache */
-		rb_init_node(&new_leaf->rb_node);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_leaf->msg_list);
 		info->node_cache = new_leaf;
 		info->qsize += sizeof(*new_leaf);
@@ -1121,7 +1119,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedreceive, mqd_t, mqdes, char __user *, u_msg_ptr,
 
 	if (!info->node_cache && new_leaf) {
 		/* Save our speculative allocation into the cache */
-		rb_init_node(&new_leaf->rb_node);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_leaf->msg_list);
 		info->node_cache = new_leaf;
 		info->qsize += sizeof(*new_leaf);