diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/as73211.c b/drivers/iio/light/as73211.c
index 7b32dfaee9b32cbad7dfae385ce05b85d6c6f9da..04ed6497f2affec8040cabcc481f31b87d33ffbf 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/as73211.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/as73211.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static irqreturn_t as73211_trigger_handler(int irq __always_unused, void *p)
 	struct {
 		__le16 chan[4];
 		s64 ts __aligned(8);
-	} scan;
+	} scan = { };
 	int data_result, ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->mutex);