diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 81dfaaacfc4dec6621835614fde07d4f9d6c1d58..73d1ca7c546c63b4cc8db4c7afb9a327fe2436b3 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -1524,6 +1524,7 @@ static int nfc_genl_vendor_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (data_len == 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
+		data = NULL;
 		data_len = 0;
 	}