diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
index 6342d4859790804a83981f65175d7653bb3f19a5..8753980668c7af940c58e348b04af33a6d1a76f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_get(struct net_device *netdev, u16 xid,
 	unsigned int thisoff = 0;
 	unsigned int thislen = 0;
 	u32 fcbuff, fcdmarw, fcfltrw;
-	dma_addr_t addr;
+	dma_addr_t addr = 0;
 
 	if (!netdev || !sgl)
 		return 0;