1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 84c730701c09..fb31c2c1bb17 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
                          struct smb_vol *vol)
 {
         char *value, *data, *end;
-        char *mountdata_copy, *options;
+        char *mountdata_copy = NULL, *options;
         unsigned int  temp_len, i, j;
         char separator[2];
         short int override_uid = -1;