diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
index 905fc02a7dfed7..972b202b9884d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int otx2_tc_parse_actions(struct otx2_nic *nic,
 	struct otx2_nic *priv;
 	u32 burst, mark = 0;
 	u8 nr_police = 0;
-	bool pps;
+	bool pps = false;
 	u64 rate;
 	int i;