diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index c0f336d23f9cc..b43939f248126 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -2167,10 +2167,10 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct drm_atomic_state *state;
 	struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx ctx;
 	struct drm_plane *plane;
-	struct drm_out_fence_state *fence_state = NULL;
+	struct drm_out_fence_state *fence_state;
 	unsigned plane_mask;
 	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned int i, j, num_fences = 0;
+	unsigned int i, j, num_fences;
 
 	/* disallow for drivers not supporting atomic: */
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_ATOMIC))
@@ -2211,6 +2211,8 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	plane_mask = 0;
 	copied_objs = 0;
 	copied_props = 0;
+	fence_state = NULL;
+	num_fences = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < arg->count_objs; i++) {
 		uint32_t obj_id, count_props;