diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
index e927f998f76f06be61ecd9d4ac3301c82e16c847..2944486871b04c0968a88da9e298d487c5ca9f7e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int radeon_gem_busy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_gem_object *gobj;
 	struct radeon_bo *robj;
 	int r;
-	uint32_t cur_placement;
+	uint32_t cur_placement = 0;
 
 	gobj = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, filp, args->handle);
 	if (gobj == NULL) {