diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c
index f0df2da6d522..2dea9d259c49 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ static int regcache_maple_drop(struct regmap *map, unsigned int min,
 	struct maple_tree *mt = map->cache;
 	MA_STATE(mas, mt, min, max);
 	unsigned long *entry, *lower, *upper;
-	unsigned long lower_index, lower_last;
+	/* initialized to work around false-positive -Wuninitialized warning */
+	unsigned long lower_index = 0, lower_last = 0;
 	unsigned long upper_index, upper_last;
 	int ret = 0;