diff --git a/sys/fs/vfs/inode.c b/sys/fs/vfs/inode.c
index 0cbf5b4..ebde27a 100644
--- a/sys/fs/vfs/inode.c
+++ b/sys/fs/vfs/inode.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <ubixos/wait.h>
 #include <ubixos/sched.h>
 
-static struct inode *first_inode;
+static struct inode *first_inode = NULL;
 static struct wait_queue *inode_wait = NULL;
 static int nr_inodes = 0, nr_free_inodes = 0;