diff --git a/src/basic/capability-util.c b/src/basic/capability-util.c
index e84e00a6f6175..c3cf455e45cb3 100644
--- a/src/basic/capability-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/capability-util.c
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 int have_effective_cap(int value) {
         _cleanup_cap_free_ cap_t cap = NULL;
-        cap_flag_value_t fv;
+        cap_flag_value_t fv = CAP_CLEAR; /* To avoid false-positive use-of-uninitialized-value error reported
+                                          * by fuzzers. */
 
         cap = cap_get_proc();
         if (!cap)