diff --git a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
index bc81b9f75ed0dd904f8f1eeed2e78a97dbb70a50..25c0ddd3a53bb6219ca41c00bfaef708b374a34b 100644
--- a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
+++ b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int mixart_set_pipe_state(struct mixart_mgr *mgr,
 	}
 
 	if(start) {
-		u32 stat;
+		u32 stat = 0;
 
 		group_state.pipe_count = 0; /* in case of start same command once again with pipe_count=0 */