diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-brcmstb.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-brcmstb.c
index f8dff8537920..28e9cf995c41 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-brcmstb.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-brcmstb.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int sdhci_brcmstb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct sdhci_host *host;
 	struct resource *iomem;
 	struct clk *clk;
-	struct clk *base_clk;
+	struct clk *base_clk = NULL;
 	int res;
 
 	match = of_match_node(sdhci_brcm_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node);