diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k_eeprom.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k_eeprom.patch
index 3f62eefb92..5dfbcf3be9 100644
--- a/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k_eeprom.patch
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k_eeprom.patch
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
  	struct ath5k_eeprom_info *ee = &ah->ah_capabilities.cap_eeprom;
  	int o = *offset;
 -	int i = 0;
-+	int i;
++	int i = 0 ;
  	u8 freq1, freq2;
  	int ret;
  	u16 val;