diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index e829c2595543..1169c8dc9106 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -1442,8 +1442,6 @@ void o2hb_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(o2hb_live_slots); i++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&o2hb_live_slots[i]);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&o2hb_node_events);
-
 	memset(o2hb_live_node_bitmap, 0, sizeof(o2hb_live_node_bitmap));
 	memset(o2hb_region_bitmap, 0, sizeof(o2hb_region_bitmap));
 	memset(o2hb_live_region_bitmap, 0, sizeof(o2hb_live_region_bitmap));