diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c
index 674b8ad21feadaecd36c14da93b7695b048d8d30..09cd0ec7ee87d8231acef20d6c9a468177057c69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ void igc_rar_set(struct igc_hw *hw, u8 *addr, u32 index)
 s32 igc_check_for_copper_link(struct igc_hw *hw)
 {
 	struct igc_mac_info *mac = &hw->mac;
+	bool link = false;
 	s32 ret_val;
-	bool link;
 
 	/* We only want to go out to the PHY registers to see if Auto-Neg
 	 * has completed and/or if our link status has changed.  The