diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c
index 7de86302c8c1a9ddf76048745372864087829765..2beb9a00327664c370000d96907d8bf180cb88c1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/acceptor.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ CFS_MODULE_PARM(accept_backlog, "i", int, 0444,
 CFS_MODULE_PARM(accept_timeout, "i", int, 0644,
 		"Acceptor's timeout (seconds)");
 
-static char *accept_type = NULL;
+static char *accept_type;
 
 int
 lnet_acceptor_get_tunables(void)