diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index de7043a32cc3..aee7387cd623 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3647,7 +3647,7 @@ cfq_get_queue(struct cfq_data *cfqd, bool is_sync, struct cfq_io_cq *cic,
 {
 	int ioprio_class = IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS(cic->ioprio);
 	int ioprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_DATA(cic->ioprio);
-	struct cfq_queue **async_cfqq;
+	struct cfq_queue **async_cfqq = NULL;
 	struct cfq_queue *cfqq;
 
 	if (!is_sync) {