diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
index 9a25d6029255..b4f6edf968bc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ static int uvc_ctrl_find_ctrl_idx(struct uvc_entity *entity,
 				  struct uvc_control *uvc_control)
 {
 	struct uvc_control_mapping *mapping = NULL;
-	struct uvc_control *ctrl_found;
+	struct uvc_control *ctrl_found = NULL;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (!entity)