diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c
index 9c2ec1992a2a..2a7e648fbcf4 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ META_COLLECTOR(var_dev)
 
 META_COLLECTOR(int_vlan_tag)
 {
-	unsigned short tag;
+	unsigned short uninitialized_var(tag);
 	if (vlan_get_tag(skb, &tag) < 0)
 		*err = -1;
 	else