diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 2eb0d4fa2186..aa056d0395a4 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ static int ramoops_init_prz(const char *name,
 	if (IS_ERR(*prz)) {
 		int err = PTR_ERR(*prz);
 
+		*prz = NULL;
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to request %s mem region (0x%zx@0x%llx): %d\n",
 			name, sz, (unsigned long long)*paddr, err);
 		return err;