diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
index 36803b7f52c..aa5ae69c76f 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp
@@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ void ProgramInfo::SaveDVDBookmark(const QStringList &fields) const
  */
 ProgramInfo::CategoryType ProgramInfo::QueryCategoryType(void) const
 {
-    CategoryType ret;
+    CategoryType ret = kCategoryNone;
 
     MSqlQuery query(MSqlQuery::InitCon());