diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c b/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
index a3ae165f8d9f..16180e6321bd 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int ssp_common_process_data(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, void *buf,
 			    unsigned int len, int64_t timestamp)
 {
 	__le32 time;
-	int64_t calculated_time;
+	int64_t calculated_time = 0;
 	struct ssp_sensor_data *spd = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
 	if (indio_dev->scan_bytes == 0)