diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.cpp b/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.cpp
index 0ca34cb7643..91873578e0f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.cpp
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ void
 kernel::scalar_argument::unbind(exec_context &ctx) {
 }
 
+kernel::global_argument::global_argument() : buf(nullptr), svm(nullptr) {
+}
+
 void
 kernel::global_argument::set(size_t size, const void *value) {
    if (size != sizeof(cl_mem))
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.hpp b/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.hpp
index 57627e983bc..fe82245cdc0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.hpp
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/clover/core/kernel.hpp
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ namespace clover {
 
       class global_argument : public argument {
       public:
+         global_argument();
+
          virtual void set(size_t size, const void *value);
          virtual void set_svm(const void *value);
          virtual void bind(exec_context &ctx,