diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c
index adff1ab4f5a4..62154c45f420 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 #include "ptlrpc_internal.h"
 
-static struct cfs_hash *conn_hash = NULL;
+static struct cfs_hash *conn_hash;
 static cfs_hash_ops_t conn_hash_ops;
 
 struct ptlrpc_connection *