diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c4a4521d2eb5..c95486b7a335 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7351,8 +7351,8 @@ struct task_struct *
 pick_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct rq_flags *rf)
 {
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = &rq->cfs;
-	struct sched_entity *se;
-	struct task_struct *p;
+	struct sched_entity *se = NULL;
+	struct task_struct *p = NULL;
 	int new_tasks;
 	bool repick = false;