diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/framework/session_state.h b/onnxruntime/core/framework/session_state.h
index 16e91a7564..04d3ee3ed5 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/framework/session_state.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/framework/session_state.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class SessionState {
   std::map<OrtAllocatorInfo, BufferUniquePtr> weights_buffers_;
   std::unique_ptr<SequentialExecutionPlan> p_seq_exec_plan_ = nullptr;
 
-  const logging::Logger* logger_;
+  const logging::Logger* logger_ = nullptr;
   profiling::Profiler* profiler_;
 
   // switch for enable memory pattern optimization or not.