diff --git a/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c b/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c
index 7fbd35a3eb81..9b3d6d3609c9 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static int ufs_qcom_set_core_clk_ctrl(struct ufs_hba *hba, bool is_scale_up)
 	struct ufs_qcom_host *host = ufshcd_get_variant(hba);
 	struct list_head *head = &hba->clk_list_head;
 	struct ufs_clk_info *clki;
-	u32 cycles_in_1us;
+	u32 cycles_in_1us = 0;
 	u32 core_clk_ctrl_reg;
 	int err;