diff --git a/libavcodec/h2645_sei.c b/libavcodec/h2645_sei.c
index 332371e5c0..638362fbf6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h2645_sei.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h2645_sei.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int decode_registered_user_data_closed_caption(H2645SEIA53Caption *h,
 static int decode_registered_user_data(H2645SEI *h, GetByteContext *gb,
                                        enum AVCodecID codec_id, void *logctx)
 {
-    int country_code, provider_code;
+    int country_code, provider_code = -1;
 
     if (bytestream2_get_bytes_left(gb) < 3)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;