diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18212.c b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18212.c
index 602c2e392b178c255a2d6fa476b8b2fa439f45d0..a14e8b6ef91c00a09db6d1d6e59e7c3243532de2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18212.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18212.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ struct dvb_frontend *tda18212_attach(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 {
 	struct tda18212_priv *priv = NULL;
 	int ret;
-	u8 val;
+	u8 uninitialized_var(val);
 
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tda18212_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (priv == NULL)