diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index 53304e6991ac61326fbec9001d362530f62bd8d9..a2ab2eebfc685322a640d3c920ddefd1531b1033 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int dvb_frontend_swzigzag_autotune(struct dvb_frontend *fe, int check_wra
 
 static void dvb_frontend_swzigzag(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 {
-	fe_status_t s;
+	fe_status_t s = 0;
 	struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
 
 	/* if we've got no parameters, just keep idling */