diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ac379c4d94e8..f90864b5dff1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d905b00b3bc9484d92dd6e9bd9fd8cf66580dc8a
+refs/heads/master: 27f4aa3db090ff5bc0e6c192aae6d99b21563b21
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c b/trunk/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c
index d0abddd9ffe6..8255a9be4632 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_channel.c
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ xpc_initiate_allocate(partid_t partid, int ch_number, u32 flags, void **payload)
 {
 	struct xpc_partition *part = &xpc_partitions[partid];
 	enum xpc_retval ret = xpcUnknownReason;
-	struct xpc_msg *msg;
+	struct xpc_msg *msg = NULL;
 
 
 	DBUG_ON(partid <= 0 || partid >= XP_MAX_PARTITIONS);