diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_event.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_event.c
index 9eda0753b44..009e98f0f61 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_event.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_event.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ nvk_CmdSetEvent2(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
    VK_FROM_HANDLE(nvk_cmd_buffer, cmd, commandBuffer);
    VK_FROM_HANDLE(nvk_event, event, _event);
 
-   VkPipelineStageFlags2 stages;
+   VkPipelineStageFlags2 stages = 0;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < pDependencyInfo->memoryBarrierCount; i++)
       stages |= pDependencyInfo->pMemoryBarriers[i].srcStageMask;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < pDependencyInfo->bufferMemoryBarrierCount; i++)