diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index d1491f8e0f396269d469cbd512b2a5c9b5db5880..97c304ea4760b7972451b7a5fa74741e92009fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ static int pipe_crc_set_source(struct drm_device *dev, enum pipe pipe,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_pipe_crc *pipe_crc = &dev_priv->pipe_crc[pipe];
-	u32 val;
+	u32 val = 0; /* shut up gcc */
 	int ret;
 
 	if (pipe_crc->source == source)