diff --git a/lib/vtls/gtls.c b/lib/vtls/gtls.c
index d078c4b918..a9000f4844 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/gtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/gtls.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_gtls_ctx_init(struct gtls_ctx *gctx,
   size_t gtls_alpns_count = 0;
   bool gtls_session_setup = FALSE;
   struct alpn_spec alpns;
-  CURLcode result;
+  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
   int rc;
 
   DEBUGASSERT(gctx);