diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
index 7b4963326e8c..76cee9e30624 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static long ft1000_ChIoctl (struct file *File, unsigned int Command,
         break;
     case IOCTL_SET_DPRAM_CMD:
         {
-            IOCTL_DPRAM_BLK *dpram_data;
+            IOCTL_DPRAM_BLK *dpram_data = NULL;
             //IOCTL_DPRAM_COMMAND dpram_command;
             u16 qtype;
             u16 msgsz;