diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 8b1a54c1e400a6fbdf5cd337f6e582cf0a0bda37..618a615acc9d97ac3722c3830d3e712e7bcdeb16 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ ip_set_create(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	      const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	      const struct nlattr * const attr[])
 {
-	struct ip_set *set, *clash;
+	struct ip_set *set, *clash = NULL;
 	ip_set_id_t index = IPSET_INVALID_ID;
 	struct nlattr *tb[IPSET_ATTR_CREATE_MAX+1] = {};
 	const char *name, *typename;