diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
index f0537a1f7fc25d5249df10517476eaa4218ee757..76e1edf5bf12a0ffec3401fef160a2c5fe26e37f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static unsigned long find_trampoline_placement(void)
 
 	/* Find the first usable memory region under bios_start. */
 	for (i = boot_params->e820_entries - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		unsigned long new;
+		unsigned long new = bios_start;
 
 		entry = &boot_params->e820_table[i];