diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.h b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.h
index a027aaa4d03..e21fe5ec476 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.h
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ private:
     Utils::FilePath m_srcDir;
     QFuture<ParserData *> m_parserFutureResult;
     bool m_configuring = false;
-    IntroDataType m_introType;
+    IntroDataType m_introType = IntroDataType::file;
     MesonInfoParser::Result m_parserResult;
     QStringList m_targetsNames;
     Utils::QtMajorVersion m_qtVersion = Utils::QtMajorVersion::Unknown;