diff --git a/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_gc.cc b/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_gc.cc
index bd16bde1bd5db..9ba296a13a1a3 100644
--- a/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_gc.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_gc.cc
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ int RGWGC::process(int index, int max_secs, bool expired_only,
 
   string marker;
   string next_marker;
-  bool truncated;
+  bool truncated = false;
   IoCtx *ctx = new IoCtx;
   do {
     int max = 100;