diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/dwarf.c b/arch/sh/kernel/dwarf.c
index 718286be6648b83a4266c4f17c180ae7ed7a2288..4d8c7bd149df8f855d0fc786fff2dc51dd7048bc 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/dwarf.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/dwarf.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static int dwarf_parse_section(char *eh_frame_start, char *eh_frame_end,
 	u32 entry_type;
 	void *p, *entry;
 	int count, err = 0;
-	unsigned long len;
+	unsigned long len = 0;
 	unsigned int c_entries, f_entries;
 	unsigned char *end;