diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 3c2b5182ca..0c4b1c9bf2 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -1301,8 +1301,8 @@ static int qxl_add_memslot(PCIQXLDevice *d, uint32_t slot_id, uint64_t delta,
     };
     uint64_t guest_start;
     uint64_t guest_end;
-    int pci_region;
-    pcibus_t pci_start;
+    int pci_region = -1;
+    pcibus_t pci_start = PCI_BAR_UNMAPPED;
     pcibus_t pci_end;
     MemoryRegion *mr;
     intptr_t virt_start;