diff --git a/userprog/process.c b/userprog/process.c
index 69009c2575899f90d46979f433b6a18bae9322d7..03cb20cd64ecdb529bebc37f1b850e4c61f621e6 100644
--- a/userprog/process.c
+++ b/userprog/process.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ load (const char *file_name, void (**eip) (void), void **initial_stack_pointer)
 {
   struct thread *t = thread_current ();
   struct Elf32_Ehdr ehdr;
-  struct file * = NULL;
+  struct file *file = NULL;
   off_t file_ofs;
   bool success = false;
   int i;