diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c
index 6958000eeb44ff8254e94e9ee76b60523393c1cc..8ddee2c3e5b04ac290f0d923fd21c60d2f85ffd2 100644
--- a/kernel/async.c
+++ b/kernel/async.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ static async_cookie_t __async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct a
 		ptr(data, newcookie);
 		return newcookie;
 	}
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->domain_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->global_list);
 	INIT_WORK(&entry->work, async_run_entry_fn);
 	entry->func = ptr;
 	entry->data = data;