diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtprtxsend.c b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtprtxsend.c
index ab246f8311..5addbe4ce1 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtprtxsend.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtprtxsend.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static SSRCRtxData *
 gst_rtp_rtx_send_get_ssrc_data (GstRtpRtxSend * rtx, guint32 ssrc)
 {
   SSRCRtxData *data;
-  guint32 rtx_ssrc;
+  guint32 rtx_ssrc = 0;
   gboolean consider = FALSE;
 
   if (G_UNLIKELY (!g_hash_table_contains (rtx->ssrc_data,