diff --git a/common/cmd_flashwrite.c b/common/cmd_flashwrite.c
index f2cacfeca2..5ce717df2e 100644
--- a/common/cmd_flashwrite.c
+++ b/common/cmd_flashwrite.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static int do_flash(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 char * const argv[])
 {
 	int flash_cmd = 0;
-	uint32_t load_addr, offset, part_size, file_size, adj_size;
+	uint32_t offset, part_size, file_size, adj_size;
+	uint32_t load_addr = 0;
 	uint32_t size_block, start_block, file_size_cpy;
 	char *part_name = NULL, *filesize, *loadaddr;
 	int flash_type, ret, retn;