diff --git a/libs/libc/aio/lio_listio.c b/libs/libc/aio/lio_listio.c
index c7401779df..29042f1ef5 100644
--- a/libs/libc/aio/lio_listio.c
+++ b/libs/libc/aio/lio_listio.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int lio_waitall(FAR struct aiocb * const *list, int nent)
 int lio_listio(int mode, FAR struct aiocb * const list[], int nent,
                FAR struct sigevent *sig)
 {
-  FAR struct aiocb *aiocbp;
+  FAR struct aiocb *aiocbp = NULL;
   int nqueued;
   int errcode;
   int retcode;