diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index 5e7aca261359..ca86a885ad8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys)
 - Assumes that obj->kobj exists, and is a struct kobject.
 - Sets the kset of that kobject to the kset <subsys>.
 
-void subsystem_init(struct kset *s);
 int subsystem_register(struct kset *s);
 void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *s);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 3e9b04c30fb9..5b9cf06eab8f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ int __init classes_init(void)
 
 	/* ick, this is ugly, the things we go through to keep from showing up
 	 * in sysfs... */
-	subsystem_init(&class_obj_subsys);
+	kset_init(&class_obj_subsys);
 	if (!class_obj_subsys.kobj.parent)
 		class_obj_subsys.kobj.parent = &class_obj_subsys.kobj;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index a8a84fcccbc0..05cc5b2ddfff 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ extern struct kset hypervisor_subsys;
 #define kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) \
 	(obj)->kobj.kset = &(subsys)
 
-extern void subsystem_init(struct kset *);
 extern int __must_check subsystem_register(struct kset *);
 extern void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *);
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index fc6db6b4bfc5..b7e0646f7977 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -617,11 +617,6 @@ struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset * kset, const char * name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void subsystem_init(struct kset *s)
-{
-	kset_init(s);
-}
-
 int subsystem_register(struct kset *s)
 {
 	return kset_register(s);