diff --git a/sys/vfs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c b/sys/vfs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c
--- a/sys/vfs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/vfs/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 tmpfs_mount(struct mount *mp, char *path, caddr_t data, struct ucred *cred)
 {
 	struct tmpfs_mount *tmp;
-	struct tmpfs_node *root;
+	struct tmpfs_node *root = NULL;
 	struct tmpfs_mount_info args;
 	vm_pindex_t pages;
 	vm_pindex_t pages_limit;
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@
 	 * We are backed by swap, set snocache chflags flag so we
 	 * don't trip over swapcache.
 	 */
-	root->tn_flags = SF_NOCACHE;
-
 	if (error != 0 || root == NULL) {
 	    kmalloc_destroy(&tmp->tm_name_zone);
 	    kmalloc_destroy(&tmp->tm_dirent_zone_obj);