diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 9293675df7ba99c44b2f77c739fbe12da0e86093..49eea8981332d679b31614aa4d284e258abd97d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -12016,7 +12016,7 @@ static int tg3_set_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
 	int ret;
 	u32 offset, len, b_offset, odd_len;
 	u8 *buf;
-	__be32 start, end;
+	__be32 start = 0, end;
 
 	if (tg3_flag(tp, NO_NVRAM) ||
 	    eeprom->magic != TG3_EEPROM_MAGIC)