diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
index 24b7413f5c99..937c85c5c037 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ static unsigned int pvr2_copy_i2c_addr_list(
 	unsigned short *dst, const unsigned char *src,
 	unsigned int dst_max)
 {
-	unsigned int cnt;
+	unsigned int cnt = 0;
 	if (!src) return 0;
 	while (src[cnt] && (cnt + 1) < dst_max) {
 		dst[cnt] = src[cnt];