diff --git a/src/plugins/squish/squishxmloutputhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/squish/squishxmloutputhandler.cpp
index 4c70f6e8761..c2e06babe6e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/squish/squishxmloutputhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/squish/squishxmloutputhandler.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void SquishXmlOutputHandler::mergeResultFiles(const Utils::FilePaths &reportFile
                     // and finally write test tag (case name) - the prolog tag (for test case)
                     // will be written outside the if
                     const QXmlStreamAttributes testAttributes = reader.attributes();
-                    QXmlStreamReader::TokenType token;
+                    QXmlStreamReader::TokenType token = QXmlStreamReader::NoToken;
                     while (!reader.atEnd()) {
                         token = reader.readNext();
                         if (token != QXmlStreamReader::Characters)