diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 903c006204150bfa25618f0fdaaaa63a2ced3823..820faecbdbf772ef1b09d9bb01a68adaf85613a0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1064,8 +1064,8 @@ static struct nvme_id_ns *nvme_identify_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 static int nvme_set_features(struct nvme_ctrl *dev, unsigned fid, unsigned dword11,
 		      void *buffer, size_t buflen, u32 *result)
 {
+	union nvme_result res = { 0 };
 	struct nvme_command c;
-	union nvme_result res;
 	int ret;
 
 	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));