diff --git a/libavcodec/dxva2.c b/libavcodec/dxva2.c
index 1a33c8bbac..22ecd5acaf 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dxva2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dxva2.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ int ff_dxva2_common_end_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame,
 #endif
     DECODER_BUFFER_DESC             *buffer = NULL, *buffer_slice = NULL;
     int result, runs = 0;
-    HRESULT hr;
+    HRESULT hr = -1;
     unsigned type;
     FFDXVASharedContext *sctx = DXVA_SHARED_CONTEXT(avctx);