diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 0083142c2f8484359fc7930ed94b0783cd7b5958..52c2053739862d2e7c53210458b0fbc9943f510b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ static int kvmppc_emulate_mmio_vsx_loadstore(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 int kvmppc_handle_load128_by2x64(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		unsigned int rt, int is_default_endian)
 {
-	enum emulation_result emulated;
+	enum emulation_result emulated = EMULATE_DONE;
 
 	while (vcpu->arch.mmio_vmx_copy_nums) {
 		emulated = __kvmppc_handle_load(run, vcpu, rt, 8,