diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 34b2a0d5cf1a..eba904bae48c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3535,7 +3535,7 @@ match_records(struct ftrace_hash *hash, char *func, int len, char *mod)
 	int exclude_mod = 0;
 	int found = 0;
 	int ret;
-	int clear_filter;
+	int clear_filter = 0;
 
 	if (func) {
 		func_g.type = filter_parse_regex(func, len, &func_g.search,