diff --git a/io_uring/cancel.c b/io_uring/cancel.c
index 755dd5506a5f..cc3475b22ae5 100644
--- a/io_uring/cancel.c
+++ b/io_uring/cancel.c
@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@ int io_async_cancel(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	return IOU_OK;
 }
 
-void init_hash_table(struct io_hash_table *table, unsigned size)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&table->hbs[i].list);
-}
-
 static int __io_sync_cancel(struct io_uring_task *tctx,
 			    struct io_cancel_data *cd, int fd)
 {
diff --git a/io_uring/cancel.h b/io_uring/cancel.h
index b33995e00ba9..bbfea2cd00ea 100644
--- a/io_uring/cancel.h
+++ b/io_uring/cancel.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ int io_async_cancel(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags);
 
 int io_try_cancel(struct io_uring_task *tctx, struct io_cancel_data *cd,
 		  unsigned int issue_flags);
-void init_hash_table(struct io_hash_table *table, unsigned size);
 
 int io_sync_cancel(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg);
 bool io_cancel_req_match(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_cancel_data *cd);
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index f4e069cd03a5..6aac72b2958f 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -263,13 +263,15 @@ static int io_alloc_hash_table(struct io_hash_table *table, unsigned bits)
 {
 	unsigned hash_buckets = 1U << bits;
 	size_t hash_size = hash_buckets * sizeof(table->hbs[0]);
+	int i;
 
 	table->hbs = kmalloc(hash_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!table->hbs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	table->hash_bits = bits;
-	init_hash_table(table, hash_buckets);
+	for (i = 0; i < hash_buckets; i++)
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&table->hbs[i].list);
 	return 0;
 }