diff --git a/media/libmedia/IAudioPolicyService.cpp b/media/libmedia/IAudioPolicyService.cpp
index 3133665..84fc959 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/IAudioPolicyService.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/IAudioPolicyService.cpp
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@
             if (hasOffloadInfo) {
                 data.read(&offloadInfo, sizeof(audio_offload_info_t));
             }
-            audio_io_handle_t output;
+            audio_io_handle_t output = 0;
             status_t status = getOutputForAttr(hasAttributes ? &attr : NULL,
                     &output, session, &stream,
                     samplingRate, format, channelMask,