diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index 25001731d7f11e054eaccf15d7471447fc3f583a..de27014685ac9283431c3afc1e1ee8f7eb5eb664 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static void scatter_data_area(struct tcmu_dev *udev,
 	void *from, *to = NULL;
 	size_t copy_bytes, to_offset, offset;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
-	struct page *page;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
 
 	for_each_sg(data_sg, sg, data_nents, i) {
 		int sg_remaining = sg->length;