diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 79cc7f71fe57..cc15c2ca87c6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1d1fb395f6dbc07b36285bbedcf01a73b57f7cb5
+refs/heads/master: 172708d002e0a2aca032b04fe6f2b8525c29244a
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/trunk/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 9cac722b169c..ffe24c09e53d 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -905,6 +905,14 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
 #define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) \
 		p = (typeof(*v) __force __rcu *)(v)
 
+/**
+ * RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() - statically initialize an RCU protected pointer
+ *
+ * GCC-style initialization for an RCU-protected pointer in a structure field.
+ */
+#define RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(p, v) \
+		.p = (typeof(*v) __force __rcu *)(v)
+
 static __always_inline bool __is_kfree_rcu_offset(unsigned long offset)
 {
 	return offset < 4096;