diff --git a/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_events.cpp b/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_events.cpp
index 5ae53a4..4015796 100644
--- a/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_events.cpp
+++ b/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_events.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 pollfd HWEvents::InitializePollFd(HWEventData *event_data) {
   char node_path[kMaxStringLength] = {0};
   char data[kMaxStringLength] = {0};
-  pollfd poll_fd;
+  pollfd poll_fd = {0};
   poll_fd.fd = -1;
 
   if (!strncmp(event_data->event_name, "thread_exit", strlen("thread_exit"))) {