1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 1116c90af9..78a869e598 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ static void allocate_system_memory_nonnuma(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
             /* Legacy behavior: if allocation failed, fall back to
              * regular RAM allocation.
              */
+            mem_path = NULL;
             memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(mr, owner, name, ram_size, &error_fatal);
         }
 #else