diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c
index 6097594468a9..e869a3d86522 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static void intel_overlay_flip_prepare(struct intel_overlay *overlay,
 				       struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
 	enum pipe pipe = overlay->crtc->pipe;
-	struct intel_frontbuffer *from, *to;
+	struct intel_frontbuffer *from = NULL, *to = NULL;
 
 	WARN_ON(overlay->old_vma);