diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/fwio.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/fwio.c
index d9a886f3e64b..206c6cf6511c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/fwio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/fwio.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int wait_ncp_status(struct wfx_dev *wdev, u32 status)
 static int upload_firmware(struct wfx_dev *wdev, const u8 *data, size_t len)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u32 offs, bytes_done;
+	u32 offs, bytes_done = 0;
 	ktime_t now, start;
 
 	if (len % DNLD_BLOCK_SIZE) {