diff --git a/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_ct.c b/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_ct.c
index ba334aea89c3..5516c9caf12b 100644
--- a/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_ct.c
+++ b/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_ct.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ int tdls_set_tdls_offchannelmode(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev,
 				 int offchanmode)
 {
 	struct tdls_peer *conn_peer = NULL;
-	struct tdls_channel_switch_params chan_switch_params;
+	struct tdls_channel_switch_params chan_switch_params = {0};
 	QDF_STATUS status = QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
 	int ret_value = 0;
 	struct tdls_vdev_priv_obj *tdls_vdev;