diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index a35fa1eb06946a291972be6870029c90db354358..5dbc81de34ee8c3ce6172454f20705441edf719f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -737,8 +737,8 @@ static int mlx5e_create_encap_header_ipv4(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	struct flowi4 fl4 = {};
 	char *encap_header;
 	int encap_size;
-	__be32 saddr;
-	int ttl;
+	__be32 saddr = 0;
+	int ttl = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	encap_header = kzalloc(max_encap_size, GFP_KERNEL);