diff --git a/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c b/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c
index 172bc2e00c..758d0e3318 100644
--- a/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c
+++ b/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c
@@ -4985,7 +4985,7 @@ gboolean
   gint fps_n, fps_d;
   MXFMetadataFileDescriptor *f = (MXFMetadataFileDescriptor *) self;
   GstStructure *s;
-  gboolean interlaced;
+  gboolean interlaced = FALSE;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (MXF_IS_METADATA_GENERIC_PICTURE_ESSENCE_DESCRIPTOR
       (self), FALSE);