diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 75c6bd0ac605..3b0070695375 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static inline struct spi_message *spi_message_alloc(unsigned ntrans, gfp_t flags
 		unsigned i;
 		struct spi_transfer *t = (struct spi_transfer *)(m + 1);
 
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&m->transfers);
+		spi_message_init_no_memset(m);
 		for (i = 0; i < ntrans; i++, t++)
 			spi_message_add_tail(t, m);
 	}