In case, where the loops are not executed for a reason, the uninitialized variable 'err' is returned to the caller. Make code fully predictible and assign zero in the declaration. Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/soc-pcm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c index 8659089a87a0..46513bb97904 100644 --- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c @@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ static int dpcm_apply_symmetry(struct snd_pcm_substream *fe_substream, struct snd_soc_dpcm *dpcm; struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe = asoc_substream_to_rtd(fe_substream); struct snd_soc_dai *fe_cpu_dai; - int err; + int err = 0; int i; /* apply symmetry for FE */ -- 2.30.2