diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
index 492a51bd6aa899bb8d64a5cf60ab304913d8d7c2..b17771b1c605e9ba94a2a98376e92ed66d9472f9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
@@ -6946,7 +6946,7 @@ module_exit(ips_module_exit);
 static int __devinit
 ips_insert_device(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
-	int index;
+	int uninitialized_var(index);
 	int rc;
 
 	METHOD_TRACE("ips_insert_device", 1);