diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
index 0c1defa5fb0f..386a7468136a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ int kvm_pgtable_stage2_relax_perms(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr,
 				   enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot, enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags flags)
 {
 	kvm_pte_t xn = 0, set = 0, clr = 0;
-	s8 level;
+	s8 level = TLBI_TTL_UNKNOWN;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (prot & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_SW)