diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index df7041be96fc..5d8359c44564 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 	.lockdep_recursion = 0,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
-	.ret_stack	= NULL,
+	.ret_stack		= NULL,
+	.tracing_graph_pause	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRACING) && defined(CONFIG_PREEMPTION)
 	.trace_recursion = 0,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
index 7950a0356042..888cd00174fe 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(struct ftrace_ret_stack **ret_stack_list)
 		}
 
 		if (t->ret_stack == NULL) {
-			atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
 			atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
 			t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
 			t->curr_ret_depth = -1;
@@ -462,7 +461,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ftrace_ret_stack *, idle_ret_stack);
 static void
 graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t, struct ftrace_ret_stack *ret_stack)
 {
-	atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
 	atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
 	t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;
 	/* make curr_ret_stack visible before we add the ret_stack */