diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 7c55745ececf..eea936b70d15 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ ctnetlink_nfqueue_attach_expect(const struct nlattr *attr, struct nf_conn *ct,
 {
 	struct nlattr *cda[CTA_EXPECT_MAX+1];
 	struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple, mask;
-	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
+	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper = NULL;
 	struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
 	int err;