diff --git a/tests/icles/audio-trickplay.c b/tests/icles/audio-trickplay.c
index 64440cd603..382d7d24ea 100644
--- a/tests/icles/audio-trickplay.c
+++ b/tests/icles/audio-trickplay.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ main (gint argc, gchar ** argv)
   GstEvent *pos_seek, *rate_seek;
   GstQuery *pos;
   /* options */
-  gboolean use_adder;
+  gboolean use_adder = FALSE;
 
   gst_init (&argc, &argv);
   gst_controller_init (&argc, &argv);