diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
index c595adc61c6f..f6cf1b0b992c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
@@ -6697,7 +6697,7 @@ static int drxk_read_snr(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u16 *snr)
 static int drxk_read_ucblocks(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *ucblocks)
 {
 	struct drxk_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
-	u16 err;
+	u16 err = 0;
 
 	dprintk(1, "\n");