diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 3c3a699436c923779008a3bfd5596c11589d58e8..f92a39fc511cfb8f7dee634dfda028f66b115be9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@ const struct intel_ppat_entry *
 intel_ppat_get(struct drm_i915_private *i915, u8 value)
 {
 	struct intel_ppat *ppat = &i915->ppat;
-	struct intel_ppat_entry *entry;
+	struct intel_ppat_entry *entry = NULL;
 	unsigned int scanned, best_score;
 	int i;
 
@@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@ intel_ppat_get(struct drm_i915_private *i915, u8 value)
 	}
 
 	if (scanned == ppat->max_entries) {
-		if (!best_score)
+		if (!entry)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 
 		kref_get(&entry->ref);