diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Wrapper.php b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Wrapper.php
index 64ef604920c15..337ae3d1dc16b 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Wrapper.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Wrapper.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class Wrapper implements Storage, ILockingStorage, IWriteStreamStorage {
-	protected ?IStorage $storage = null;
+	protected ?IStorage $storage;
 
 	public ?ICache $cache = null;