diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/nidstrings.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/nidstrings.c
index 9a2d70ce24216eec4d843cad1e7cd3d2f3843737..ccfd1078a906f4c7e520a784ad4f362f4b2299b1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/nidstrings.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/nidstrings.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ libcfs_nid2str(lnet_nid_t nid)
 static struct netstrfns *
 libcfs_str2net_internal(const char *str, __u32 *net)
 {
-	struct netstrfns *nf;
+	struct netstrfns *uninitialized_var(nf);
 	int	       nob;
 	int	       netnum;
 	int	       i;