diff --git a/src/import/chips/p9/procedures/hwp/nest/p9_fab_iovalid.C b/src/import/chips/p9/procedures/hwp/nest/p9_fab_iovalid.C
index 9f1a45f6ba5..58e2393cc4b 100644
--- a/src/import/chips/p9/procedures/hwp/nest/p9_fab_iovalid.C
+++ b/src/import/chips/p9/procedures/hwp/nest/p9_fab_iovalid.C
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2015                             */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2015,2019                        */
 /* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ fapi2::ReturnCode p9_fab_iovalid_get_link_delay(
 {
     FAPI_DBG("Start");
     fapi2::buffer<uint64_t> l_link_delay_reg;
-    uint32_t l_sublink_delay[2];
+    uint32_t l_sublink_delay[2] = {};
 
     // read link delay register, extract hi/lo delay values & return their average
     FAPI_TRY(fapi2::getScom(i_target, i_link_ctl.tl_link_delay_addr, l_link_delay_reg),