diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdifrx.c b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdifrx.c
index 03b7037239b8..39a3c2a33bdb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdifrx.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/mchp-spdifrx.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static int mchp_spdifrx_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				  struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct mchp_spdifrx_dev *dev = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(dai);
-	u32 mr;
+	u32 mr = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev->dev, "%s() rate=%u format=%#x width=%u channels=%u\n",