diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index b6edbb3b4a54..6e8f677f5646 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static inline int __init read_usm_ranges(const u32 **usm)
  */
 static void __init parse_drconf_memory(struct device_node *memory)
 {
-	const u32 *dm, *usm;
+	const u32 *uninitialized_var(dm), *usm;
 	unsigned int n, rc, ranges, is_kexec_kdump = 0;
 	unsigned long lmb_size, base, size, sz;
 	int nid;