diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c
index 84522e66c7..c1804e9af9 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstbasevideoencoder.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ gst_base_video_encoder_sink_setcaps (GstBaseVideoEncoder * base_video_encoder,
   GstBaseVideoCodec *codec = GST_BASE_VIDEO_CODEC (base_video_encoder);
   GstVideoInfo *info, tmp_info;
   GstVideoState *state, tmp_state;
-  gboolean ret;
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
   gboolean changed = TRUE;
 
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (base_video_encoder, "setcaps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);