diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index a1d87508892e0e4c5a285f7c8a3bac610bb4a4d5..b5ebdfbed20bb5084fd6f0400eacbc001aa812eb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void kvmppc_complete_dcr_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 static void kvmppc_complete_mmio_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
                                       struct kvm_run *run)
 {
-	u64 gpr;
+	u64 uninitialized_var(gpr);
 
 	if (run->mmio.len > sizeof(gpr)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "bad MMIO length: %d\n", run->mmio.len);