diff --git a/components/dfs/filesystems/nfs/rpc/pmap.c b/components/dfs/filesystems/nfs/rpc/pmap.c
index fcf8e9d948..4f2cf50c1e 100644
--- a/components/dfs/filesystems/nfs/rpc/pmap.c
+++ b/components/dfs/filesystems/nfs/rpc/pmap.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ unsigned short pmap_getport(struct sockaddr_in *address, unsigned long program,
 {
 	unsigned short port = 0;
 	int socket = -1;
-	register CLIENT *client;
+	register CLIENT *client = RT_NULL;
 	struct pmap parms;
 
 	address->sin_port = htons((unsigned short)PMAPPORT);