diff --git a/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-data-utils.c b/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-data-utils.c
index 92147df0b..0720718f2 100644
--- a/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-data-utils.c
+++ b/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-data-utils.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct lvmpolld_store *pdst_init(const char *name)
 		goto err_mutex;
 
 	pdst->name = name;
+	pdst->active_polling_count = 0;
 
 	return pdst;