diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 8db1a15d7acbe17815f2a843242b5ea5339fbcf1..e1b4e70c8fd0f0abadc2ad26536a906ca2a44e94 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ int hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 	ppc_inst_t instr = ppc_inst(0);
 	int type = 0;
 	int size = 0;
-	unsigned long ea;
+	unsigned long ea = 0;
 
 	/* Disable breakpoints during exception handling */
 	hw_breakpoint_disable();