diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 5abf1dc1f91c..8c434318ec8d 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ static void audit_log_execve_info(struct audit_context *context,
 	long len_rem;
 	long len_full;
 	long len_buf;
-	long len_abuf;
+	long len_abuf = 0;
 	long len_tmp;
 	bool require_data;
 	bool encode;