diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
index f5d00332bb31eb70c947f04acce3425ef5dd4218..63cd9486cc13930352c9bba1e175fa190c2fe66b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ static int live_nop_request(void *arg)
 	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id) {
-		IGT_TIMEOUT(end_time);
-		struct i915_request *request;
+		struct i915_request *request = NULL;
 		unsigned long n, prime;
+		IGT_TIMEOUT(end_time);
 		ktime_t times[2] = {};
 
 		err = begin_live_test(&t, i915, __func__, engine->name);