diff --git a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c
index 73f0be0567bd..c4449a163991 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ static bool pwrap_is_pmic_cipher_ready(struct pmic_wrapper *wrp)
 static int pwrap_init_cipher(struct pmic_wrapper *wrp)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u32 rdata;
+	u32 rdata = 0;
 
 	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0x1, PWRAP_CIPHER_SWRST);
 	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0x0, PWRAP_CIPHER_SWRST);