diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 9d6058b0a3d4..0cba1b2e295b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2885,6 +2885,7 @@ void init_numa_balancing(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 	p->node_stamp			= 0;
 	p->numa_scan_seq		= mm ? mm->numa_scan_seq : 0;
 	p->numa_scan_period		= sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay;
+	p->numa_migrate_retry		= 0;
 	/* Protect against double add, see task_tick_numa and task_numa_work */
 	p->numa_work.next		= &p->numa_work;
 	p->numa_faults			= NULL;