diff --git a/hw/audio/gus.c b/hw/audio/gus.c
index 87e8634893..c36df0240f 100644
--- a/hw/audio/gus.c
+++ b/hw/audio/gus.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int GUS_read_DMA (void *opaque, int nchan, int dma_pos, int dma_len)
 {
     GUSState *s = opaque;
     IsaDmaClass *k = ISADMA_GET_CLASS(s->isa_dma);
-    char tmpbuf[4096];
+    QEMU_UNINITIALIZED char tmpbuf[4096];
     int pos = dma_pos, mode, left = dma_len - dma_pos;
 
     ldebug ("read DMA %#x %d\n", dma_pos, dma_len);