diff --git a/homeassistant/components/somfy_mylink/cover.py b/homeassistant/components/somfy_mylink/cover.py
index 7ac0aace47f..d1b09175deb 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/somfy_mylink/cover.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/somfy_mylink/cover.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class SomfyShade(RestoreEntity, CoverEntity):
         self._attr_unique_id = target_id
         self._attr_name = name
         self._reverse = reverse
+        self._attr_is_closed = None
         self._attr_device_class = device_class
         self._attr_device_info = DeviceInfo(
             identifiers={(DOMAIN, self._target_id)},