diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dcb7bfb..cb77fad2 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Gate pprof endpoints behind `metrics.debug` in the policy file.
 - Limit naive honeypot r9k delay to one second.
 - Fix an obscure case where adding query values to a subrequest match could cause an invalid rule match when using path based matching for protected resources.
+- Fix an edge case where load average expression values could nil pointer dereference when Anubis just started up.
 - Fix `path_regex` and CEL `path` rules not matching when using Traefik `forwardAuth` middleware. Anubis now checks `X-Forwarded-Uri` (Traefik) in addition to `X-Original-URI` (nginx) when resolving the request path in subrequest mode ([#1628](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/issues/1628)).
 
 ## v1.25.0: Necron
diff --git a/lib/policy/expressions/loadavg.go b/lib/policy/expressions/loadavg.go
index cfbb2ae3..a459a185 100644
--- a/lib/policy/expressions/loadavg.go
+++ b/lib/policy/expressions/loadavg.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	globalLoadAvg = &loadAvg{}
+	globalLoadAvg = &loadAvg{data: &load.AvgStat{}}
 	go globalLoadAvg.updateThread(context.Background())
 }