diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index 11641c9384f7..c5d7f920c352 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static inline struct request_sock *
 {
 	struct request_sock *req = queue->rskq_accept_head;
 
-	queue->rskq_accept_head = queue->rskq_accept_head = NULL;
+	queue->rskq_accept_head = NULL;
 	return req;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/request_sock.c b/net/core/request_sock.c
index 98f0fc923f91..1e44eda1fda9 100644
--- a/net/core/request_sock.c
+++ b/net/core/request_sock.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int reqsk_queue_alloc(struct request_sock_queue *queue,
 
 	get_random_bytes(&lopt->hash_rnd, sizeof(lopt->hash_rnd));
 	rwlock_init(&queue->syn_wait_lock);
-	queue->rskq_accept_head = queue->rskq_accept_head = NULL;
+	queue->rskq_accept_head = NULL;
 	lopt->nr_table_entries = nr_table_entries;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&queue->syn_wait_lock);