diff --git a/libavcodec/alsdec.c b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
index ace69746cf..33d6869a81 100644
--- a/libavcodec/alsdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static av_cold int read_specific_config(ALSDecContext *ctx)
     GetBitContext gb;
     uint64_t ht_size;
     int i, config_offset;
-    MPEG4AudioConfig m4ac;
+    MPEG4AudioConfig m4ac = {0};
     ALSSpecificConfig *sconf = &ctx->sconf;
     AVCodecContext *avctx    = ctx->avctx;
     uint32_t als_id, header_size, trailer_size;