diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c
index 5d2d8f45b4b6..ad36d1cec1f3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static int rtl2832_read_status(struct dvb_frontend *fe, fe_status_t *status)
 	struct rtl2832_dev *dev = fe->demodulator_priv;
 	struct i2c_client *client = dev->client;
 	int ret;
-	u32 tmp;
+	u32 tmp = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(&client->dev, "\n");