diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c b/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
index 1db1ce59079fba704ed7f5333dd4ebf014383d71..891f4e7e8ea7f507eebf1a22fa5dd818fc3ab49c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int cgroup_mt_check_v1(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	info->priv = NULL;
 	if (info->has_path) {
 		cgrp = cgroup_get_from_path(info->path);
 		if (IS_ERR(cgrp)) {