diff --git a/libavcodec/tiffenc.c b/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
index b28f72b808..580cbcf818 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static int encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
     int bytes_per_row;
     uint32_t res[2]    = { 72, 1 };     // image resolution (72/1)
     uint16_t bpp_tab[] = { 8, 8, 8, 8 };
-    int ret;
+    int ret = 0;
     int is_yuv = 0;
     uint8_t *yuv_line = NULL;
     int shift_h, shift_v;