diff --git a/storage/innobase/os/os0proc.c b/storage/innobase/os/os0proc.c
index a99fe8b6a0e..f00475fc528 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/os/os0proc.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/os/os0proc.c
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ os_mem_alloc_large(
 			fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: HugeTLB: Warning: Failed to"
 				" attach shared memory segment, errno %d\n",
 				errno);
+			ptr = NULL;
 		}
 
 		/* Remove the shared memory segment so that it will be