diff --git a/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c b/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c
index 53b91e9b0d..fe8d8762b7 100644
--- a/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c
@@ -12924,7 +12924,7 @@ static SDL_GPUTextureFormat* VULKAN_GetXRSwapchainFormats(
     // FIXME: For now we're just searching for the optimal format, not all supported formats.
     // FIXME: Expand this search for all SDL_GPU formats!
 
-    SDL_GPUTextureFormat sdlFormat;
+    SDL_GPUTextureFormat sdlFormat = SDL_GPU_TEXTUREFORMAT_INVALID;
     int64_t vkFormat = VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED;
     // The OpenXR spec recommends applications not submit linear data, so let's try to explicitly find an sRGB swapchain before we search the whole list
     if (!VULKAN_INTERNAL_FindXRSrgbSwapchain(supported_formats, num_supported_formats, &sdlFormat, &vkFormat)) {