diff --git a/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/encoder.cpp b/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/encoder.cpp
index a74efe138..baab56a05 100644
--- a/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/encoder.cpp
+++ b/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/encoder.cpp
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ bool obs_module_load(void)
 	CA_LOG(LOG_INFO, "Adding CoreAudio AAC encoder");
 #endif
 
-	struct obs_encoder_info aac_info;
+	struct obs_encoder_info aac_info{};
 	aac_info.id = "CoreAudio_AAC";
 	aac_info.type = OBS_ENCODER_AUDIO;
 	aac_info.codec = "AAC";