1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c
index bc953872dd..190dcc4f75 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ xcrypt_cipher(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
         unsigned char *ivs = DOALIGN(ivs_store);
         void *iiv, *iv = NULL, *ivp = NULL;
         const void *usein = in;
-        void *useout = out, *spare;
+        void *useout = out, *spare = NULL;
         int cws[4 + 3], *cw = DOALIGN(cws);
 
         if (!inl)