diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 150d4f23b010..6122b9483dcc 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4531,7 +4531,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__alloc_pages_bulk);
 struct page *__alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, int preferred_nid,
 							nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
-	struct page *page;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
 	unsigned int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW;
 	gfp_t alloc_gfp; /* The gfp_t that was actually used for allocation */
 	struct alloc_context ac = { };