diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 9e95b894190a..fbebd65565ce 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ static unsigned long unmapped_area_topdown(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	unsigned long length, low_limit, high_limit, gap_start, gap_end;
-	unsigned long addr;
+	unsigned long addr = 0;
 
 	/* Adjust search length to account for worst case alignment overhead */
 	length = info->length + info->align_mask;