diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 3aec19d1fdfca2495be987b45437d359d5f09d2c..3d4e099697634b514f862925485d3276413168e6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_newpc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	struct request *rq = hwif->rq;
 	ide_expiry_t *expiry = NULL;
 	int dma_error = 0, dma, thislen, uptodate = 0;
-	int write = (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE) ? 1 : 0, rc, nsectors;
+	int write = (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE) ? 1 : 0, rc = 0, nsectors;
 	int sense = blk_sense_request(rq);
 	unsigned int timeout;
 	u16 len;