diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
index 46c4dd8dfcc3749acc04a03377c6740e280c519c..bcb68c0cb1f0fed8ac5300c804b304879b08ae22 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int ecryptfs_process_response(struct ecryptfs_message *msg, uid_t euid,
 			      struct user_namespace *user_ns, struct pid *pid,
 			      u32 seq)
 {
-	struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon;
+	struct ecryptfs_daemon *uninitialized_var(daemon);
 	struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx;
 	size_t msg_size;
 	struct nsproxy *nsproxy;