diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 77191eccdc6f..19423a45d7d7 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static void put_object(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 static struct kmemleak_object *find_and_get_object(unsigned long ptr, int alias)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct kmemleak_object *object = NULL;
+	struct kmemleak_object *object;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	read_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags);