diff --git a/Initialise-bar-fp-as-NULL.patch b/Initialise-bar-fp-as-NULL.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1470cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Initialise-bar-fp-as-NULL.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Subject: Initialise bar->fp as NULL
+From: Ben Brown ben.brown@softiron.com Thu Mar 28 12:35:28 2024 +0000
+Date: Thu Mar 28 12:53:52 2024 +0000:
+Git: 0330ebe40cb645df311bab25888c5ca6cc179efe
+
+Reviewed-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
+Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272045
+
+diff --git a/common/progress/progress.c b/common/progress/progress.c
+index e4b3066..5848abd 100644
+--- a/common/progress/progress.c
++++ b/common/progress/progress.c
+@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ progress_bar_init (unsigned flags)
+     bar->machine_readable = 1;
+     bar->utf8_mode = 0;
+     bar->have_terminfo = 0;
++    bar->fp = NULL;
+   } else {
+     bar->machine_readable = 0;
+ 
diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 61c9c44..96900c9 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
-Thu Mar 28 13:15:07 MDT 2024 - carnold@suse.com
+Fri Mar 29 13:13:41 MDT 2024 - carnold@suse.com
 
-- Fix command line argument parsing with upstream commit
+- Upstream bug fixes
   Split-chown-parameter-on-character.patch
+  Initialise-bar-fp-as-NULL.patch
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb  5 14:24:08 MST 2024 - carnold@suse.com
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 852ccb5..d3aa2a0 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Source101:      README
 # Patches
 Patch1:         use-rtc-driftfix-slew-for-x86-only.patch
 Patch2:         Split-chown-parameter-on-character.patch
+Patch3:         Initialise-bar-fp-as-NULL.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  file-devel