1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 3b2efc81f34e..778c100fe314 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
         unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
-        char *msg;
+        char *msg = NULL;
         int rc;
 
         rc = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memory_end, &crash_size,