lockdep_is_held(&mvm->mutex));
                sta_id = link_sta->sta_id;
                if (sta == rcu_access_pointer(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta_id])) {
-                       rcu_assign_pointer(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta_id],
-                                          ERR_PTR(-ENOENT));
+                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta_id],
+                                        ERR_PTR(-ENOENT));
                        RCU_INIT_POINTER(mvm->fw_id_to_link_sta[sta_id], NULL);
                }
        }
 
        sta->type = type;
 
        /* put a non-NULL value so iterating over the stations won't stop */
-       rcu_assign_pointer(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta->sta_id], ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
+       RCU_INIT_POINTER(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta->sta_id], ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
        return 0;
 }