diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_accept.c b/net/rxrpc/call_accept.c
index 652e314de38ebf16c8682234cb1150dc9bf485f5..8079aacaecace1498c71d0d0ac13937992cc4612 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_accept.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_accept.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ struct rxrpc_call *rxrpc_new_incoming_call(struct rxrpc_local *local,
 {
 	struct rxrpc_skb_priv *sp = rxrpc_skb(skb);
 	struct rxrpc_connection *conn;
-	struct rxrpc_peer *peer;
+	struct rxrpc_peer *peer = NULL;
 	struct rxrpc_call *call;
 
 	_enter("");