diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp
index b8bbdf0..370e8b5 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     FD_ZERO(&rfd);
     FD_SET(sock, &rfd);
     int nfd = sock + 1;
-    int fd;
+    int fd = -1;
 
     int retval = select(nfd, &rfd, NULL, NULL, &tv);
     if (retval < 0)