diff --git a/cache.c b/cache.c
index 03d0824fc368..5a2f119b7e8c 100644
--- a/cache.c
+++ b/cache.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "exfat_raw.h"
 #include "exfat_fs.h"
 
-#define EXFAT_CACHE_VALID	0
 #define EXFAT_MAX_CACHE		16
 
 struct exfat_cache {
@@ -61,16 +60,6 @@ void exfat_cache_shutdown(void)
 	kmem_cache_destroy(exfat_cachep);
 }
 
-void exfat_cache_init_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct exfat_inode_info *ei = EXFAT_I(inode);
-
-	spin_lock_init(&ei->cache_lru_lock);
-	ei->nr_caches = 0;
-	ei->cache_valid_id = EXFAT_CACHE_VALID + 1;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->cache_lru);
-}
-
 static inline struct exfat_cache *exfat_cache_alloc(void)
 {
 	return kmem_cache_alloc(exfat_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index 08030246cd0c..de42063d42dc 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ struct exfat_sb_info {
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
+#define EXFAT_CACHE_VALID	0
+
 /*
  * EXFAT file system inode in-memory data
  */
@@ -445,7 +447,6 @@ extern const struct dentry_operations exfat_utf8_dentry_ops;
 /* cache.c */
 int exfat_cache_init(void);
 void exfat_cache_shutdown(void);
-void exfat_cache_init_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void exfat_cache_inval_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int exfat_get_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int cluster,
 		unsigned int *fclus, unsigned int *dclus,
diff --git a/inode.c b/inode.c
index 2b6e1231f127..02ddbd3df7bb 100644
--- a/inode.c
+++ b/inode.c
@@ -640,8 +640,6 @@ static int exfat_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_dir_entry *info)
 	ei->i_crtime = info->crtime;
 	inode->i_atime = info->atime;
 
-	exfat_cache_init_inode(inode);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/super.c b/super.c
index 177a724ef4e5..96b31b1ea59e 100644
--- a/super.c
+++ b/super.c
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ static int exfat_read_root(struct inode *inode)
 		CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
 	exfat_truncate_atime(&inode->i_atime);
-	exfat_cache_init_inode(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1062,6 +1061,10 @@ static void exfat_inode_init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct exfat_inode_info *ei = (struct exfat_inode_info *)foo;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&ei->cache_lru_lock);
+	ei->nr_caches = 0;
+	ei->cache_valid_id = EXFAT_CACHE_VALID + 1;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->cache_lru);
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&ei->i_hash_fat);
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }