diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 697bd06fbddd..0132c8b1db60 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0a4599c894d880763eec6cb93f6c246dac6c3269
+refs/heads/master: 2ba1ff2b796746722fc4fe8bdcd1f30a834e3d0a
diff --git a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
index 381252bae3d8..b8f16633a6ec 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int do_microcode_update (void)
 {
 	long cursor = 0;
 	int error = 0;
-	void *new_mc;
+	void *new_mc = NULL;
 	int cpu;
 	cpumask_t old;