diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
index f26c7b8545ae1d4b85c9400319487ccfc60937e7..56056ed7fcfd1e90b48f96316e1750fd92e113df 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/cht_bsw_rt5645.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int snd_cht_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	char codec_name[16];
 	struct sst_acpi_mach *mach;
 	const char *i2c_name = NULL;
-	int dai_index;
+	int dai_index = 0;
 
 	drv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*drv), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!drv)