diff --git a/kernel/dma/pool.c b/kernel/dma/pool.c
index 06582b488e31..1281c0f0442b 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/pool.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/pool.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int atomic_pool_expand(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t pool_size,
 			      gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	unsigned int order;
-	struct page *page;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
 	void *addr;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;