diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_subtitles.c b/libavfilter/vf_subtitles.c
index 10f07a48a5..b5f5bc9d19 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_subtitles.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_subtitles.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static av_cold int init_subtitles(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     pkt.size = 0;
     while (av_read_frame(fmt, &pkt) >= 0) {
         int i, got_subtitle;
-        AVSubtitle sub;
+        AVSubtitle sub = {0};
 
         if (pkt.stream_index == sid) {
             ret = avcodec_decode_subtitle2(dec_ctx, &sub, &got_subtitle, &pkt);