diff --git a/libavcodec/qsv.c b/libavcodec/qsv.c
index 6bbfe2a5a9..0c6fbd0dc0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsv.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsv.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static int qsv_new_mfx_loader(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     mfxStatus sts;
     mfxLoader loader = NULL;
     mfxConfig cfg;
-    mfxVariant impl_value;
+    mfxVariant impl_value = {0};
 
     loader = MFXLoad();
     if (!loader) {
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
index f3d919daea..7cec347478 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ static int qsv_d3d11_update_config(void *ctx, mfxHDL handle, mfxConfig cfg)
     IDXGIDevice *pDXGIDevice = NULL;
     HRESULT hr;
     ID3D11Device *device = handle;
-    mfxVariant impl_value;
+    mfxVariant impl_value = {0};
 
     hr = ID3D11Device_QueryInterface(device, &IID_IDXGIDevice, (void**)&pDXGIDevice);
     if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static int qsv_d3d9_update_config(void *ctx, mfxHDL handle, mfxConfig cfg)
     LUID luid;
     D3DDEVICE_CREATION_PARAMETERS params;
     HRESULT hr;
-    mfxVariant impl_value;
+    mfxVariant impl_value = {0};
 
     hr = IDirect3DDeviceManager9_OpenDeviceHandle(devmgr, &device_handle);
     if (FAILED(hr)) {
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static int qsv_va_update_config(void *ctx, mfxHDL handle, mfxConfig cfg)
     VADisplayAttribute attr = {
         .type = VADisplayPCIID,
     };
-    mfxVariant impl_value;
+    mfxVariant impl_value = {0};
 
     vas = vaGetDisplayAttributes(dpy, &attr, 1);
     if (vas == VA_STATUS_SUCCESS && attr.flags != VA_DISPLAY_ATTRIB_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static int qsv_new_mfx_loader(void *ctx,
     mfxStatus sts;
     mfxLoader loader = NULL;
     mfxConfig cfg;
-    mfxVariant impl_value;
+    mfxVariant impl_value = {0};
 
     *ploader = NULL;
     loader = MFXLoad();