diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Config.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Config.c
index a4813683c..7acb6afaa 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Config.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Config.c
@@ -2330,6 +2330,7 @@ configInput(IDevPtr inputp, XF86ConfInputPtr conf_input, MessageType from)
     inputp->driver = conf_input->inp_driver;
     inputp->commonOptions = conf_input->inp_option_lst;
     inputp->extraOptions = NULL;
+    inputp->attrs = NULL;
 
     return TRUE;
 }