diff --git a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
index 02298c9c602046b56406b7da87d0c86ff89f2a24..4414050811957ca726ab955449f2296d302c9bff 100644
--- a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ static ssize_t snd_pcm_oss_write2(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, const cha
 static ssize_t snd_pcm_oss_write1(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, const char __user *buf, size_t bytes)
 {
 	size_t xfer = 0;
-	ssize_t tmp;
+	ssize_t tmp = 0;
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&substream->mmap_count))
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ static ssize_t snd_pcm_oss_read2(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, char *buf,
 static ssize_t snd_pcm_oss_read1(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, char __user *buf, size_t bytes)
 {
 	size_t xfer = 0;
-	ssize_t tmp;
+	ssize_t tmp = 0;
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&substream->mmap_count))