diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8b6a3508c6a0..f72550f51476 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 22a7c31a9659deaddafbbcec6562d44141e84474
+refs/heads/master: 48dd0fed90e2b1f1ba87401439b85942181c6df3
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 5fc51f0f75fc..8bd9a2c1a46a 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ int register_ftrace_event(struct trace_event *event)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->list);
 
 	if (!event->type) {
-		struct list_head *list;
+		struct list_head *list = NULL;
 
 		if (next_event_type > FTRACE_MAX_EVENT) {