diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 339d9e0949b6..9cb87cbc4071 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ void munlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	vma->vm_flags &= VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK;
 
 	while (start < end) {
-		struct page *page = NULL;
+		struct page *page;
 		unsigned int page_mask;
 		unsigned long page_increm;
 		struct pagevec pvec;