diff --git a/src/drivers/ll40ls/LidarLiteI2C.cpp b/src/drivers/ll40ls/LidarLiteI2C.cpp
index 7c3e4f1dbc..f85b672c5d 100644
--- a/src/drivers/ll40ls/LidarLiteI2C.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/ll40ls/LidarLiteI2C.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int LidarLiteI2C::init()
 	_class_instance = register_class_devname(RANGE_FINDER_BASE_DEVICE_PATH);
 
 	/* get a publish handle on the range finder topic */
-	struct distance_sensor_s ds_report;
+	struct distance_sensor_s ds_report = {};
 	measure();
 	_reports->get(&ds_report);
 	_distance_sensor_topic = orb_advertise_multi(ORB_ID(distance_sensor), &ds_report,