diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index ff31d9f9ecd643645f1dbe2c714e9fd596ad0c5d..7f0b48b3638098e4905d23bce449123a376394c5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -3684,7 +3684,7 @@ static int snd_soc_dai_link_event(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w,
 	struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params = NULL;
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = NULL;
 	unsigned int fmt;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!config) ||
 	    WARN_ON(list_empty(&w->edges[SND_SOC_DAPM_DIR_OUT]) ||