diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mremap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mremap.c
index 585978f181ed14..e63a0214f63997 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mremap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mremap.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void register_region_with_uffd(char *addr, size_t len)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	size_t length;
+	size_t length = 0;
 
 	if (argc != 2 && argc != 3) {
 		printf("Usage: %s [length_in_MB] <hugetlb_file>\n", argv[0]);