diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_request.c
index ca81cac9041c..a5481d7eb5d6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_request.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void lov_init_set(struct lov_request_set *set)
 	atomic_set(&set->set_completes, 0);
 	atomic_set(&set->set_success, 0);
 	atomic_set(&set->set_finish_checked, 0);
-	set->set_cookies = 0;
+	set->set_cookies = NULL;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->set_list);
 	atomic_set(&set->set_refcount, 1);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&set->set_waitq);