diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
index 61ab16fb2e36c1615023576a2909c517d538cd6b..d315ff544f05370c2ea380621676261adc73d757 100644
--- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
+++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static int __init debug_vm_pgtable(void)
 	phys_addr_t paddr;
 	unsigned long vaddr, pte_aligned, pmd_aligned;
 	unsigned long pud_aligned, p4d_aligned, pgd_aligned;
-	spinlock_t *uninitialized_var(ptl);
+	spinlock_t *ptl = NULL;
 
 	pr_info("Validating architecture page table helpers\n");
 	prot = vm_get_page_prot(VMFLAGS);