diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
index 25aaeae1e830..e07b189f3ec8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ err:
 static acpi_handle ide_acpi_hwif_get_handle(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
 	struct device		*dev = hwif->gendev.parent;
-	acpi_handle		dev_handle;
+	acpi_handle		uninitialized_var(dev_handle);
 	acpi_integer		pcidevfn;
 	acpi_handle		chan_handle;
 	int			err;