diff --git a/drivers/usb/media/ov511.c b/drivers/usb/media/ov511.c
index cfec8c61574e4ed707d1c1b469d93aef4e64fabf..1d887ec06080dc2e05beeff67bedac584ef271f1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/media/ov511.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/media/ov511.c
@@ -5639,7 +5639,7 @@ static CLASS_DEVICE_ATTR(hue, S_IRUGO, show_hue, NULL);
 static ssize_t show_exposure(struct class_device *cd, char *buf)
 {
 	struct usb_ov511 *ov = cd_to_ov(cd);
-	unsigned char exp;
+	unsigned char exp = 0;
 
 	if (!ov->dev)
 		return -ENODEV;