diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_enc.h b/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_enc.h
index e1a76189c67..6cd929fb4ae 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_enc.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/d3d12/d3d12_video_enc.h
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ struct d3d12_video_encoder
    //    and the pointer is stored on each d3d12_video_buffer
    // 2. On d3d12_video_buffer::destroy(), when all the slots
    //    of the allocation pool are unused, the memory is released.
-   pipe_resource *m_pVideoTexArrayDPBPool;
+   pipe_resource *m_pVideoTexArrayDPBPool = NULL;
    std::shared_ptr<uint32_t> m_spVideoTexArrayDPBPoolInUse;
 };