diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
index e21dcde0790e62cd389b6062803e9bd014a51048..2424cc9c7b3d60d1d673ee1668a8cb27db28344e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ device_initcall(ioapic_init_sysfs);
 int create_irq(void)
 {
 	/* Allocate an unused irq */
-	int irq, new, vector;
+	int irq, new, vector = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	irq = -ENOSPC;