diff --git a/src/system/kernel/device_manager/dma_resources.cpp b/src/system/kernel/device_manager/dma_resources.cpp
index 71753c8414..af5e130856 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/device_manager/dma_resources.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/device_manager/dma_resources.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ DMABuffer::Dump() const
 
 
 DMAResource::DMAResource()
+	: 
+	fScratchVecs(NULL)
 {
 	mutex_init(&fLock, "dma resource");
 }