diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/clipbrd/fileutils.c b/reactos/base/applications/clipbrd/fileutils.c
index 17ffa3e4724..3be9acb2754 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/clipbrd/fileutils.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/clipbrd/fileutils.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static HGLOBAL ClipboardReadMemoryBlock(HANDLE hFile, DWORD dwOffset, DWORD dwLe
 static BOOL ClipboardReadMemory(HANDLE hFile, DWORD dwFormat, DWORD dwOffset, DWORD dwLength, WORD FileIdentifier, PVOID lpFormatName)
 {
     HGLOBAL hData;
-    DWORD dwTemp;
+    DWORD dwTemp = 0;
 
     hData = ClipboardReadMemoryBlock(hFile, dwOffset, dwLength);
     if (!hData)