diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
index 4cd6f67bd5d3520308ee4f8d68547a1bc8a7bfd3..90737cb718928a2dddacdc098f1d48d4430d6ddd
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
@@ -159,17 +159,17 @@ static int pptp_xmit(struct ppp_channel *chan,
        int len;
        unsigned char *data;
        __u32 seq_recv;
-       struct rtable *rt = NULL;
+       struct rtable *rt;
        struct net_device *tdev;
        struct iphdr  *iph;
        int    max_headroom;