diff --git a/libavcodec/vp8.c b/libavcodec/vp8.c
index ead4dd894a..9ab596fa6d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vp8.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vp8.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static int vp8_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data, int *data_size,
     VP8Context *s = avctx->priv_data;
     int ret, mb_x, mb_y, i, y, referenced;
     enum AVDiscard skip_thresh;
-    AVFrame *curframe;
+    AVFrame *curframe = NULL;
 
     if ((ret = decode_frame_header(s, avpkt->data, avpkt->size)) < 0)
         return ret;