diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 5c802d47892c5091c971eaef256310f99b4d175d..ca6bfddaacad2beeb1897a0e397bd5300ccff30d 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue(
 	const char *name)
 {
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
-	void *queue;
+	void *queue = NULL;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 	size_t queue_size_in_bytes;
 	struct vring vring;