diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index e6baecf14306c74b3d1a84e4372aeadeb4689e1e..028b1ebb6e9ed96a18f5903d58a8c0681ca68772 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ static bool get_queued_page(RAMState *rs, PageSearchStatus *pss)
 {
     RAMBlock  *block;
     ram_addr_t offset;
-    bool dirty;
+    bool dirty = false;
 
     do {
         block = unqueue_page(rs, &offset);