diff --git a/plugins/channelrx/demoddatv/leansdr/dvb.h b/plugins/channelrx/demoddatv/leansdr/dvb.h
index e8d207aaa..ed3457cb8 100644
--- a/plugins/channelrx/demoddatv/leansdr/dvb.h
+++ b/plugins/channelrx/demoddatv/leansdr/dvb.h
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ struct viterbi_sync : runnable
         // that certain rot/conj combinations are equivalent to
         // polarity inversion.  We could reduce nsyncs.
 
-        syncs = new sync[nsyncs];
+        syncs = new sync[nsyncs]{};
 
         for (int s = 0; s < nsyncs; ++s)
         {