diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstexiftag.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstexiftag.c
index b035759b8c..96e3b9b659 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstexiftag.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstexiftag.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ gst_exif_tag_rewrite_offsets (GstExifWriter * writer, guint32 base_offset)
   while (gst_byte_writer_get_pos (&writer->tagwriter) <
       gst_byte_writer_get_size (&writer->tagwriter)) {
     guint16 type;
-    guint32 cur_offset;
+    guint32 cur_offset = 0;
     GstByteReader *reader;
     gint byte_size = 0;
     guint32 count = 0;