diff --git a/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c b/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c
index 3ab9f991f..9455021ae 100644
--- a/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c
+++ b/src/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int module_prepare(struct processing_module *mod,
 		   struct sof_source **sources, int num_of_sources,
 		   struct sof_sink **sinks, int num_of_sinks)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	struct module_data *md = &mod->priv;
 	struct comp_dev *dev = mod->dev;