diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 7b1a4fd932d..a6922bc9618 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@ int snd_soc_put_volsw_sx(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	int max = mc->max;
 	int min = mc->min;
 	int mask = (1 << (fls(min + max) - 1)) - 1;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 	unsigned short val, val_mask, val2 = 0;
 
 	val_mask = mask << shift;