diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
index 623a38908ed5..c769d7b3842c 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static const int find_mount(const char *fs, char *mp, int sizeof_mp)
 {
 	char mount_point[MAX_PATH];
 	char type[100];
-	int found;
+	int found = 0;
 	FILE *fp;
 
 	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");