diff --git a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
index 7b978a1262683b0bff807ffd01225d860ef0642c..34a8f3baed5ebbeae9084dcf0f0fb1171b6f5104 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
@@ -1267,7 +1267,8 @@ int dfs_cache_get_tgt_share(char *path, const struct dfs_cache_tgt_iterator *it,
 			    char **prefix)
 {
 	char sep;
-	char *target_share, *ppath;
+	char *target_share;
+	char *ppath = NULL;
 	const char *target_ppath, *dfsref_ppath;
 	size_t target_pplen, dfsref_pplen;
 	size_t len, c;