diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
index f5b0e809ae06..380fc3be8c93 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_sdw.c
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static int create_sdw_dailinks(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 
 	/* generate DAI links by each sdw link */
 	while (sof_dais->initialised) {
-		int current_be_id;
+		int current_be_id = 0;
 
 		ret = create_sdw_dailink(card, sof_dais, dai_links,
 					 &current_be_id, codec_conf);