diff --git a/gst/isomp4/gstrtpxqtdepay.c b/gst/isomp4/gstrtpxqtdepay.c
index 67715479aa..0df90106fa 100644
--- a/gst/isomp4/gstrtpxqtdepay.c
+++ b/gst/isomp4/gstrtpxqtdepay.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ gst_rtp_xqt_depay_process (GstRTPBaseDepayload * depayload, GstBuffer * buf)
   GstRtpXQTDepay *rtpxqtdepay;
   GstBuffer *outbuf = NULL;
   gboolean m;
-  GstRTPBuffer rtp;
+  GstRTPBuffer rtp = { NULL };
 
   rtpxqtdepay = GST_RTP_XQT_DEPAY (depayload);