diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_test.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_test.c
index 178f89eccab1..7427c125a3ab 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_test.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_test.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static struct obd_ops llog_obd_ops = {
 
 static int __init llog_test_init(void)
 {
-	struct lprocfs_static_vars lvars;
+	struct lprocfs_static_vars uninitialized_var(lvars);
 
 	lprocfs_llog_test_init_vars(&lvars);
 	return class_register_type(&llog_obd_ops, NULL,