diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
index 2293e21f789f6c5e98e542d7dd2384d0a8f7a7f2..cc60b3fb0892792d61cad4e46620a20913a30b54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int stmmac_get_time(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, struct timespec64 *ts)
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv =
 	    container_of(ptp, struct stmmac_priv, ptp_clock_ops);
 	unsigned long flags;
-	u64 ns;
+	u64 ns = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->ptp_lock, flags);
 	stmmac_get_systime(priv, priv->ptpaddr, &ns);