diff --git a/player.c b/player.c
index 15ee9671..e8d5dc1e 100644
--- a/player.c
+++ b/player.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ void player_thread_cleanup_handler(void *arg) {
 void *player_thread_func(void *arg) {
   rtsp_conn_info *conn = (rtsp_conn_info *)arg;
 
-  uint64_t previous_frames_played;
+  uint64_t previous_frames_played = 0; // initialised to avoid a "possibly uninitialised" warning
   uint64_t previous_raw_measurement_time = 0; // initialised to avoid a "possibly uninitialised" warning
   uint64_t previous_corrected_measurement_time = 0; // initialised to avoid a "possibly uninitialised" warning
   int previous_frames_played_valid = 0;