diff --git a/tests/check/libs/sparsefile.c b/tests/check/libs/sparsefile.c
index 6d291b44bf..fd5c81ea4e 100644
--- a/tests/check/libs/sparsefile.c
+++ b/tests/check/libs/sparsefile.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ expect_write (GstSparseFile * file, gsize offset, gsize count, gsize result,
     gsize avail)
 {
   GError *error = NULL;
-  gchar buffer[200];
+  gchar buffer[200] = { 0, };
   gsize res, a;
 
   res = gst_sparse_file_write (file, offset, buffer, count, &a, &error);