diff --git a/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/CL/cl.cc b/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/CL/cl.cc
index 42e0e374af..e6aa14dd04 100644
--- a/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/CL/cl.cc
+++ b/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/CL/cl.cc
@@ -1380,6 +1380,8 @@ clEnqueueNDRangeKernel(cl_command_queue command_queue,
     else // or extend queue
     {
         cl_command_queue n = (cl_command_queue)genode_allocator->alloc(sizeof(struct _cl_command_queue));
+        n->next = NULL;
+
         cmd->next = n;
         n->kc = kc;
     }