diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 6a8e785b29da9d39f8cc258087fff94e3ef16af9..382aa890e228cdaeda6a9038fad01c9474d20eda 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static size_t elfnotes_sz;
 /* Total size of vmcore file. */
 static u64 vmcore_size;
 
-static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore = NULL;
+static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore;
 
 /*
  * Returns > 0 for RAM pages, 0 for non-RAM pages, < 0 on error