diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
index 1369f06cb0df7c11b701f3a6dd752e98bb49796b..f88ff86df1779932495806f470ef278879d8b5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int ft1000_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	int i, ret = 0, size;
 
 	struct ft1000_device *ft1000dev;
-	struct ft1000_info *pft1000info;
+	struct ft1000_info *pft1000info = NULL;
 	const struct firmware *dsp_fw;
 
 	ft1000dev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ft1000_device), GFP_KERNEL);