1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 258e4591e1ca..67785f635399 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static u64 *FNAME(fetch)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr,
 {
         unsigned access = gw->pt_access;
         struct kvm_mmu_page *shadow_page;
-        u64 spte, *sptep;
+        u64 spte, *sptep = NULL;
         int direct;
         gfn_t table_gfn;
         int r;