diff --git a/src/fdr/teddy_runtime_common.h b/src/fdr/teddy_runtime_common.h
index b76800eb0..6ed2c30a7 100644
--- a/src/fdr/teddy_runtime_common.h
+++ b/src/fdr/teddy_runtime_common.h
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static really_inline
 m512 vectoredLoad512(m512 *p_mask, const u8 *ptr, const size_t start_offset,
                      const u8 *lo, const u8 *hi, const u8 *hbuf, size_t hlen,
                      const u32 nMasks) {
-    m512 val;
+    m512 val = set64x8(0x0);
 
     uintptr_t copy_start;
     uintptr_t copy_len;