diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index f9add2ecdc55..35d1e2864696 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ void * devres_open_group(struct device *dev, void *id, gfp_t gfp)
 	grp->id = grp;
 	if (id)
 		grp->id = id;
+	grp->color = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->devres_lock, flags);
 	add_dr(dev, &grp->node[0]);