diff --git a/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c b/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c
index b7824a0309f785983c64f236ad96b0766e9c3a15..b275016ff648d70fe1eda49919a5e97bf7ab9a92 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static int __init hmat_parse_proximity_domain(union acpi_subtable_headers *heade
 					      const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_hmat_proximity_domain *p = (void *)header;
-	struct memory_target *target;
+	struct memory_target *target = NULL;
 
 	if (p->header.length != sizeof(*p)) {
 		pr_notice("HMAT: Unexpected address range header length: %d\n",