diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c
index deef5a998985..9af34e03892c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/alloc.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ void mlx4_zone_allocator_destroy(struct mlx4_zone_allocator *zone_alloc)
 static u32 __mlx4_alloc_from_zone(struct mlx4_zone_entry *zone, int count,
 				  int align, u32 skip_mask, u32 *puid)
 {
-	u32 uid;
+	u32 uid = 0;
 	u32 res;
 	struct mlx4_zone_allocator *zone_alloc = zone->allocator;
 	struct mlx4_zone_entry *curr_node;