diff --git a/panda/src/ffmpeg/ffmpegAudioCursor.cxx b/panda/src/ffmpeg/ffmpegAudioCursor.cxx
index 603edfa4d5..7269209763 100644
--- a/panda/src/ffmpeg/ffmpegAudioCursor.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/ffmpeg/ffmpegAudioCursor.cxx
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ FfmpegAudioCursor(FfmpegAudio *src) :
   _resample_ctx(0),
 #endif
   _buffer(0),
-  _buffer_alloc(0)
+  _buffer_alloc(0),
+  _frame(0)
 {
   if (!_ffvfile.open_vfs(_filename)) {
     cleanup();