diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 55856b2310d37d76240a2af47140f2deb97e8482..82089d8b1954b562087c65b0a187b5cdf441748f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_next_variable(unsigned long *name_size,
 	}
 
 	if (boot_used_size && !finished) {
-		unsigned long size;
+		unsigned long size = 0;
 		u32 attr;
 		efi_status_t s;
 		void *tmp;