diff --git a/kernel/cobalt/posix/mqueue.c b/kernel/cobalt/posix/mqueue.c
index ca1f0850d65b1878872d036964a1518c53e0ff58..e76d8dfea4189090752c50e914ef4510eca750d5 100644
--- a/kernel/cobalt/posix/mqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/cobalt/posix/mqueue.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static inline int mq_init(struct cobalt_mq *mq, const struct mq_attr *attr)
 	xnselect_init(&mq->write_select);
 	mq->magic = COBALT_MQ_MAGIC;
 	mq->refs = 2;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mq->link);
 
 	return 0;
 }