diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
index 653e66d150c8a23adb790e64c8d6a106f2683198..d6c55c88a06927d743b2147cedc362774ca0e568 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget imx_es8328_dapm_widgets[] = {
 static int imx_es8328_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
-	struct device_node *ssi_np, *codec_np;
+	struct device_node *ssi_np = NULL, *codec_np = NULL;
 	struct platform_device *ssi_pdev;
 	struct imx_es8328_data *data;
 	u32 int_port, ext_port;