diff --git a/tests/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine/src/main.c b/tests/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine/src/main.c
index 5d80f5d1049..7078fbebe6d 100644
--- a/tests/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/net/lib/lwm2m/lwm2m_engine/src/main.c
@@ -260,11 +260,13 @@ ZTEST(lwm2m_engine, test_push_queued_buffers)
 	int ret;
 	struct lwm2m_ctx ctx;
 	struct lwm2m_message msg;
+	struct coap_pending pending;
 
 	(void)memset(&ctx, 0x0, sizeof(ctx));
 
 	sys_slist_init(&ctx.queued_messages);
 	msg.ctx = &ctx;
+	msg.pending = &pending;
 	sys_slist_append(&ctx.queued_messages, &msg.node);
 	ret = lwm2m_push_queued_buffers(&ctx);
 	zassert_equal(ret, 0);
@@ -391,6 +393,7 @@ ZTEST(lwm2m_engine, test_socket_send)
 	int ret;
 	struct lwm2m_ctx ctx;
 	struct lwm2m_message msg;
+	struct coap_pending pending;
 
 	(void)memset(&ctx, 0x0, sizeof(ctx));
 
@@ -398,6 +401,7 @@ ZTEST(lwm2m_engine, test_socket_send)
 	ctx.sock_fd = -1;
 	sys_slist_init(&ctx.queued_messages);
 	msg.ctx = &ctx;
+	msg.pending = &pending;
 	msg.type = COAP_TYPE_CON;
 	sys_slist_append(&ctx.queued_messages, &msg.node);