diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index a8fbe6c65d7c96abb733c903bc3bb9e440f67245..ee5ff0ecfeea8edd3670a492329763902f92f259 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -1724,7 +1724,8 @@ void ixgbevf_reset(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 static int ixgbevf_acquire_msix_vectors(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 					int vectors)
 {
-	int err, vector_threshold;
+	int err = 0;
+	int vector_threshold;
 
 	/* We'll want at least 2 (vector_threshold):
 	 * 1) TxQ[0] + RxQ[0] handler