diff --git a/kernel/futex/core.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
index cca15859a50b..62cf08051dc4 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/core.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int get_futex_key(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags, union futex_key *key,
 {
 	unsigned long address = (unsigned long)uaddr;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	struct page *page;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
 	struct folio *folio;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	int err, ro = 0;