diff --git a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-qti-pp-config.c b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-qti-pp-config.c
index 7c8af09a8793..832d7c0170f4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-qti-pp-config.c
+++ b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-qti-pp-config.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static int msm_qti_pp_set_sec_auxpcm_lb_vol_mixer(
 static int msm_qti_pp_get_channel_map_mixer(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 					    struct snd_ctl_elem_value *ucontrol)
 {
-	char channel_map[PCM_FORMAT_MAX_NUM_CHANNEL];
+	char channel_map[PCM_FORMAT_MAX_NUM_CHANNEL] = {0};
 	int i;
 
 	adm_get_multi_ch_map(channel_map, ADM_PATH_PLAYBACK);