diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 83705dc3883b..f8dd2b982a82 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e8d5373d664caacce2d7623810c91b43f08eabab
+refs/heads/master: e61fbe66cbe10fed6bcc2d07ac802a7386b93673
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Channel.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Channel.c
index 158f62d8553a..eab7d16dd5ef 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Channel.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Channel.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int VmbusChannelCreateGpadlHeader(void *Kbuffer, u32 Size,
 	struct vmbus_channel_gpadl_header *gpaHeader;
 	struct vmbus_channel_gpadl_body *gpadlBody;
 	struct vmbus_channel_msginfo *msgHeader;
-	struct vmbus_channel_msginfo *msgBody;
+	struct vmbus_channel_msginfo *msgBody = NULL;
 	u32 msgSize;
 
 	int pfnSum, pfnCount, pfnLeft, pfnCurr, pfnSize;