1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c
index d0abddd9ffe6..8255a9be4632 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ xpc_initiate_allocate(partid_t partid, int ch_number, u32 flags, void **payload)
 {
         struct xpc_partition *part = &xpc_partitions[partid];
         enum xpc_retval ret = xpcUnknownReason;
-        struct xpc_msg *msg;
+        struct xpc_msg *msg = NULL;
 
 
         DBUG_ON(partid <= 0 || partid >= XP_MAX_PARTITIONS);