diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 4acc4b8e9fe5..5837e8efc9c2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 	struct net_device *indev;
 	struct net_device *outdev;
 	struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
-	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
+	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo = 0;
 	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct;
 	bool csum_verify;
 	char *secdata = NULL;