diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/cdev/cdev.c b/drivers/staging/most/cdev/cdev.c
index 4d7fce8731fe6a50cf340fb6f120c24f86d4ac0a..89d7fc7eb4b3e6f4f035d03f8cdaf40ddcef133b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/cdev/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/cdev/cdev.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static ssize_t
 comp_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *offset)
 {
 	size_t to_copy, not_copied, copied;
-	struct mbo *mbo;
+	struct mbo *mbo = NULL;
 	struct comp_channel *c = filp->private_data;
 
 	mutex_lock(&c->io_mutex);