diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 6c8c9509e03d..8887a72712d4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ static int acpi_get_device_data(acpi_handle handle, struct acpi_device **device,
 	if (!device)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	*device = NULL;
+
 	status = acpi_get_data_full(handle, acpi_scan_drop_device,
 				    (void **)device, callback);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !*device) {