diff --git a/net/mptcp/token.c b/net/mptcp/token.c
index 8b47c4bb1c6be..feb4b9ffd4625 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/token.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/token.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ struct mptcp_sock *mptcp_token_iter_next(const struct net *net, long *s_slot,
 {
 	struct mptcp_sock *ret = NULL;
 	struct hlist_nulls_node *pos;
-	int slot, num;
+	int slot, num = 0;
 
 	for (slot = *s_slot; slot <= token_mask; *s_num = 0, slot++) {
 		struct token_bucket *bucket = &token_hash[slot];