diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
index 646a7657fe62fbb545f95fc771b406d0cad6e5f9..cfa2c35dfeedb00269044037f18e8ab4cca83e86 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static struct s3c64xx_spi_csinfo *s3c64xx_get_slave_ctrldata(
 				struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct s3c64xx_spi_csinfo *cs;
-	struct device_node *slave_np, *data_np;
+	struct device_node *slave_np, *data_np = NULL;
 	u32 fb_delay = 0;
 
 	slave_np = spi->dev.of_node;