diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 44177019c9b5..2f26c59d1fc8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dc8e2aa3b5a6c13baa77709bcaa2e7e483d9d006
+refs/heads/master: 55734785cdaff596be9a5238af54fc0f4ace2e63
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_imon.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_imon.c
index 235cab0eb087..4039eda2a15b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_imon.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_imon.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 	struct imon_context *context;
 	const unsigned char vfd_packet6[] = {
 		0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF };
-	int *data_buf;
+	int *data_buf = NULL;
 
 	context = file->private_data;
 	if (!context) {
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_sasem.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
index 925eabe14854..63a438d1c849 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 	int i;
 	int retval = 0;
 	struct sasem_context *context;
-	int *data_buf;
+	int *data_buf = NULL;
 
 	context = (struct sasem_context *) file->private_data;
 	if (!context) {