diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 04401e1..786a3ae 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -842,6 +842,9 @@
 
 	if (IS_ERR(kvm))
 		goto out;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
+	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&kvm->mask_notifier_list);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET
 	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);