diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_avif.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_avif.cpp
index 99b8f7769c..72b7f54fea 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_avif.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_avif.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ TEST_P(Imgcodecs_Avif_Image_EncodeDecodeSuite, imencode_imdecode) {
                  cv::Exception);
     return;
   }
-  bool result;
+  bool result = true;
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(
       result = cv::imencode(".avif", img_original, buf, encoding_params_););
   EXPECT_TRUE(result);