diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_smem.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_smem.c
index d3f44ab75f67..a94f741c2056 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_smem.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_smem.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static void smem_module_init_notify(uint32_t state, void *data)
 static void smem_init_security_partition(struct smem_toc_entry *entry,
 								uint32_t num)
 {
-	uint16_t remote_host;
+	uint16_t remote_host = 0;
 	struct smem_partition_header *hdr;
 	bool is_comm_partition = false;