diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 4445fa164a2d..ec4e10fcf1a5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ int ipmi_request_settime(ipmi_user_t      user,
 			 int              retries,
 			 unsigned int     retry_time_ms)
 {
-	unsigned char saddr, lun;
+	unsigned char saddr = 0, lun = 0;
 	int           rv;
 
 	if (!user)