diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 0ca7dd47f868f87a91bf317dd4483e4f1d13c008..8796eb651001f9588a099235396eb289677a0dc8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -2884,7 +2884,7 @@ static int doPeer2PeerMigrate(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virConnectPtr dconn = NULL;
     bool p2p;
     virErrorPtr orig_err = NULL;
-    bool offline;
+    bool offline = false;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("driver=%p, sconn=%p, vm=%p, xmlin=%s, dconnuri=%s, "
               "uri=%s, flags=%lx, dname=%s, resource=%lu",