diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index d41ea572f5e3548e7c302798b35579be48e46bab..6f7b2e7af705ec68ca07b823f66f6ad68e8f73fa 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -2787,7 +2787,7 @@ void avsubtitle_free(AVSubtitle *sub)
 
 static int do_decode(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt)
 {
-    int got_frame;
+    int got_frame = 0;
     int ret;
 
     av_assert0(!avctx->internal->buffer_frame->buf[0]);