1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
index fe2946c58314..eb6538b58008 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ void __init unflatten_device_tree(void)
 {
         unsigned long start, mem, size;
         struct device_node **allnextp = &allnodes;
-        char *p;
+        char *p = NULL;
         int l = 0;
 
         DBG(" -> unflatten_device_tree()\n");